On January 8, 2011, she was shot in the head at point
blank range by Jared Lee Loughner, which is just something you do not
survive. Anybody. She should have died.
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| Former Rep. Gabby Giffords with her close friend, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Fla. |
Yet, thanks to a quick thinking intern and the grace of
God, there she was 382 days later, in the chamber of the House of
Representatives, resigning her seat in Congress.
Giffords’ re-appearance in the political arena during a
particular ugly point in politics (where stories about open marriages and money
from “Super PACs” are dominating news cycles daily) reminds us that it is time
for this country to get its act together and start taking things seriously.
