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Victims in Gabrielle Giffords attack see parallel to Capitol riot Share Updated: 12:24 PM PST Jan 8, 2021 By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press Victims in Gabrielle Giffords attack see parallel to Capitol riot Share Updated: 12:24 PM PST Jan 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I ve known the darkest of days, days of pain and uncharted recovery. But confronted by despair, I ve someone s hope. Confronted by paralysis and aphasia, I responded with grit and determination. I put 1 ft in front of the other. I ve found one word and then I found another. My recovery is a daily fight, but fighting makes me stronger. Words once came easily today. I struggled to speak, but I have not lost my voice. American needs all of us to speak out even when you have to fight to find the words. We are at a crossroads. We can let the shoot and continue or we can act. We can protect our families. Our future. We can vote. We can be ....
Dedication held for memorial to victims of Tucson shooting By Associated Press and Brent Corrado Published Friday marks 10th anniversary of Tucson shooting TUCSON, Ariz. - A dedication ceremony was held on Jan. 8 for a memorial to victims of the 2011 Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony on the shooting s 10-year anniversary was not open to the public but several local television stations were expected to broadcast the ceremony and it was livestreamed on Pima County s Facebook page. The memorial next to the Historic County Courthouse in downtown Tucson was created for the victims, survivors and emergency personnel who responded to the shooting outside a Safeway store where Giffords was holding a meet-and-greet event. ....
Jan. 8, 2021, is the 10th anniversary of the Tucson shooting, which killed six and wounded 13 people who were gathered for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ 21st Congress on Your Corner. Jan. 8, 2011, was a beautiful, crisp Tucson morning. The attendees were lined up waiting to have a few private moments with their Representative The Congress on Your Corner started promptly at 10 a.m. At 10:10 am the shooting started. In 19.6 seconds, the shooter discharged 33 bullets from his handgun. I saw Gabby shot in the head and go down. That memory is embedded in my mind. After Gabby, I was shot twice. I also will never forget seeing my deputy, Gabe Zimmerman, fall at my feet. As I looked at his face, I knew he was dead. On the other side of me, Judge John Roll was being given CPR by a nurse who was shopping that morning. He did not survive. Four others died that day: Christina-Taylor Green, Dorwan Stoddard, Dorothy Morris and Phyliss Schneck. ....
Reflections on 10th Anniversary of the Giffords Shooting Home » Reflections on 10th Anniversary of the Giffords Shooting No Tucsonan will ever forget the tragic Safeway shooting on the morning of January 8, 2011 that claimed six lives. This shooting at a “Congress on Your Corner” event presided by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded the Congresswoman and several members of her staff, while claiming the lives of Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman. The unspeakable shock and mourning throughout our community resulted in a wave of compassion reminiscent of the nationwide mourning following the September 11, 2001 terrorist plane crashes that killed 2,977 people at the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, VA and a rural field in western Pennsylvania. ....
Arizona Safeway Shootings Fast Facts Here’s a look at the January 8, 2011 shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13 were wounded including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Shooter Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Victims Dorothy “Dot” Morris, 76 Phyllis Scheck, 79 Injured Ronald Barber, 65 Giffords’ district director, returned to work on July 5, 2011. On June 12, 2012, Barber wins 52% of the vote against Republican opponent Jesse Kelly’s 45% in a special election in Arizona to serve the remainder of Giffords’ term in Congress. Kenneth Dorushka, 63 Mavanell Stoddard, 75 2007 – Loughner is arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, but the charges are dismissed. ....