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Capitol uprising reminds Gabby Giffords of the day she was shot, six were killed 10 years ago Updated Jan 08, 2021; Facebook Share Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had just been sworn in to her third term representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. On Jan. 8, 2011, she was in Pima County, Ariz., near Tucson, meeting with constituents during a “Congress on Your Corner” event outside a Safeway grocery store. On that day, 10 years ago, a man with a gun ran up to her and others and began shooting. Giffords, 40, was shot in the head at close range. Six peo...

4:50 pm UTC Jan. 8, 2021 Unbidden, Gabby Giffords broke into song. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound," she began in a clear voice, a broad smile on her face. It is a favorite hymn, one she was shown playing on her French horn in a clip at the Democratic National Convention last summer. "That saved a wretch like me." The former Arizona congresswoman had been talking to USA TODAY about the difficult, momentous year of pandemic and politics, one that ended with the election of her husband, Mark Kelly, to the U.S. Senate seat once held by John McCain. But she was also talking about the diffic...

4:50 pm UTC Jan. 8, 2021 Unbidden, Gabby Giffords broke into song. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound," she began in a clear voice, a broad smile on her face. It is a favorite hymn, one she was shown playing on her French horn in a clip at the Democratic National Convention last summer. "That saved a wretch like me." The former Arizona congresswoman had been talking to USA TODAY about the difficult, momentous year of pandemic and politics, one that ended with the election of her husband, Mark Kelly, to the U.S. Senate seat once held by John McCain. But she was also talking about the diffic...