Topic
5 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2011
Emma Brown says Giffords was in a coma for a few weeks after the shooting and could say only two words when she woke.
“When Gabby was shot, um, she was in a coma for a few weeks. And when she woke up, those were the only two words that she could say.”
2011
Emma Brown says the word 'what' was one of Giffords' only two words after the coma, and she rebuilt her vocabulary from there.
“And what? Yeah, the word what. No one knows why. No one knows why. But those those were the only words that she could say, and she rebuilt her vocabulary from there.”
2011
Emma Brown says that after Giffords woke up, newspapers were hidden from her because the news was too much to take in.
“Gabby will, um, and Senator Kelly will tell a story of, um, after she had woken up, they hid the newspapers from her because it was too much, you know, to take in.”
Undated
Emma Brown works with Gabby Giffords and appears in the interview.
“I want to bring in Emma Brown. Hi, Emma. Hi. Um, you work with Gabby.”
Undated
Emma Brown says she does not experience Giffords as quiet in real life, despite Giffords calling herself quiet now.
“I don't experience you as all that quiet in real life.”
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