2011
In 2011 Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store.
“Back in 2011, Gabby was shot in the head while meeting with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store.”
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Gabby Giffords
13 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
Giffords' brain injury left her with partial paralysis and aphasia, a condition that can make speaking difficult.
“She suffered a devastating brain injury that left her with partial paralysis and aphasia, a condition that sometimes makes it difficult to speak.”
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
A news clip from the time reported that six people were dead and a congresswoman was fighting for her life after the Tucson shooting.
“Tonight from Tucson, the massacre that's left a nation stunned. Six people are dead, and a congresswoman fights for her life.”
2011
Holt says there was erroneous early reporting that Giffords had died.
“I'm sure you've been told this, that there was some erroneous reporting that you had died.”
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
Gabby Giffords is a former Arizona congresswoman who is married to Senator Mark Kelly.
“Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman married to Senator Mark Kelly.”
Undated
Giffords leads a gun safety organization that is also named Giffords.
“Gabby still has a lot to say about her recovery, her gun safety organization, Giffords, and her hope for the future.”
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
Giffords says that with aphasia the words are in her brain but she cannot get them out.
“Aphasia really sucks. The words are there in my brain. I just can't get them out.”
Undated
Giffords describes a routine that includes yoga, French horn, Spanish lessons, biking, gym work, pool therapy and travel.
“Yoga twice a week, French horn, Spanish lessons, biking, 240 for the gym, pool therapy, and I'm traveling 60 on the road.”
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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