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Gabrielle Giffords Tells Diane Sawyer How She Felt When Told Of Shooting: ‘I Cried’

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In an interview that few thought would ever happen last January, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, alongside her husband, Mark Kelly, spoke to Diane Sawyer in her first interview since the fatal Tucson shooting that almost took her life. After narrating the incredible journey Giffords took to get to her current state, Giffords herself told Sawyer of the moment she realized others had died in the attack– when she realized her husband had skipped a paragraph in an article about her recovery.

RELATED: During Interview, Gabrielle Giffords Can’t Help But Fix Diane Sawyer’s Wayward Hair

Giffords is still learning how to form questions, and has lost most of her vocabulary, but her mind is clear enough to understand many more concepts than her body can articulate with her mouth yet. She and Kelly explained the moment she found out about the six other deaths in the Tucson attacks– reading an article about her recovery, Kelly intentionally skipped a paragraph with the most brutal details. Giffords, still in bed, noticed, and pointed at the newspaper, specifically at the sentence “Six were dead.” “A lot of people died,” she told Sawyer, “I cried… Sad.”

Giffords clearly understands more than she can speak at the moment, and also answered less grave questions, like what she and her husband do for fun nowadays. She excitedly noted she wanted to take a trip with Kelly to Africa, and when he sarcastically claimed Giffords liked football, she repeated, laughing, “awful, awful.” She also remembers their first date: “prison”– a trip they took to a prison in order for her to better understand the demands of prison reform.

RELATED: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Returns To Congress To Vote For Passing Debt Deal

The interview via ABC below:

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  • Anonymous

    Eat your heart out Palin.

  • Dnolbmud

    Wow.

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    congratulations Sarah Palin….

  • Anonymous

    My prayers are with this lovely couple.  May your improvement continue, Gabby, and may you once again grace us with your presence on the floor of the House.

  • Anonymous

    Heart wrenching but highly inspiring!
    Our prayers are with you!

    Fox News and Sarah Palin are “happy” :(

  • Anonymous

    So are the dems, the can use her as a prop.

  • http://twitter.com/WorldDivider Mark Prior

    Nothing about these despicable human beings wows me anymore after all the rapes and violence we have seen in the occupy movement. Just yesterday a few members of the occupy movement were preparing grenades to throw at law enforcement officials in Portland.

  • Anonymous

    You are the lowest of the low on this site.

  • Anonymous

    You are utterly classless.

    This was already known.

  • Anonymous

    Classless.

  • Anonymous

    Nacho mostly only comments on Palin-related threads. It appears that he has an unhealthy obsession.

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    yeah f***king classless when sarah palin put target head in the her website…. classless!!! haha…. let me see your class…. hate blacks, hispanics, muslims, hindus, buddhists, poor, facts, but just stay tip-top and act like you know everything… why????????????? cos you need to look yourself classy….yayyy.. haha… stupid…. get some education and knowledge..

  • Anonymous

    what has Palin to do with this, and your response better be good?

  • Anonymous

    classless and tasteless and a freaking liar.  

  • Anonymous

    If this story cannot reach and touch that little heart that is left in you, then there is no hope for you. Sorry!

  • Anonymous

    Moron says what?

  • Anonymous

    It did, until the unwarneted attack on Palin.

    Deal with it.

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    the whole world knows if there would not be sarah palin and tea party… gabby would not be in this situation….god bless gabby for her health and bless more for sarah palin’s knowledge of understanding of existence of real world…

  • Anonymous

    No, it apparently didn’t.

    As for the unwarranted crosshairs, you can google or search this very same Mediaite website.

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    i smell something is burning… LOL… don’t get jealous.. i’m not moron like you who don’t know anything like ‘frog in the pond’…

  • Anonymous

    Ya don’t say!!! Hold on, let me go to to The Oregonian………nothing there!  CNN, nothing.  Fox News…nope.  FoxNation…..Eureka!!! Three dumbasses were pulled over with with fireworks…FAIL!  You need to expand your horizons once in a while, and Mediaite doesn’t count.

  • Anonymous

    You’re an idiot….

    A democrat, Bob Beckle was the first person to have targets on a map, and it was used many times by both parties for years before Palin used it. But don’t let facts get in the way of your childish rants…LOL

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    Did you just say Bob Beckle ????HAHAHAHAH…LOL…LMAO… Isn’t this a same guy from Fox’s FIVE.???? HAHAHAHA…. like RINO…there is DINO……I didn’t know that he is still Democrat…. Target by him???? Unlike palin he didn’t say “DON’T RETREAT BUT RELOAD”…. and inspire every freaking right wing lunatics to use their guns…… Sarah Palin preach violence… the whole world knows about it… also knows that she is a moron and you are more stupid moron to follow her ideologies…. Please don’t try to teach me what these freaking tea-party, hate mongering people think about other people… you better get educated and get some information about real world….

  • Anonymous

    Do you know who Bob Beckel is?

    Google it. Get a clue Sparky….LOL

  • Darladoon

    if you think prayers had anything to do with rep. giffords recovery you are sorely mistaken .

  • Anonymous

    This is both sad knowing what some have suffered, and those who were lost that day, as well as heartwarming seeing her with her family making a recovery. The fact that people would bring their partisan hate and idiocy into this shows just how low we have gotten as a people. Just know its not all of us.

  • Anonymous

    Do you talk like you write? LOL

  • Anonymous

    Commonsense says that if you can’t type a word out in its entirety, you probably shouldn’t be typing it to begin with.

    I have a graduate degree. Therefore I know not to type like you. Thank goodness.

  • Anonymous

    I think he/she is a foreigner. If not, wowsa.

  • http://twitter.com/WorldDivider Mark Prior

    From The Oregonian:

    “When asked about the explosives, the three men told authorities that
    they knew the canning jar would explode, causing glass shrapnel to fly
    and possibly cause injury.”

  • Anonymous

    Go protest something. Don’t be rude to someone that said something nice.

  • Darladoon

    your prayers,as well intentioned as you might think they are ,do nothing .

     rep.giffords only needs the continued care of hard working doctors , that had their education subsidised in one way or another by the government.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for showing you lack one.

  • http://twitter.com/WorldDivider Mark Prior

    “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring
    a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. “Because
    from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen
    Eagles fans.”

  • http://twitter.com/southeastpost southeastpost

    Hows that graduate degree working out for ya???? know something about brainwashing peoples’ mind and inciting violence???? thats what sarah palin does…. Graduate degree???? We are 27th among developed countries…. so, sorry to put your knowledge in 27th position who doesn’t know anything but their extreme ideologies….good luck…

  • Anonymous

    Actually she copied a 2004 ad targeting the Republicans. Also its a well known fact that her ad was irrelevant to Loughner who had an obsession with the Congresswomen for years, and was world’s away from Palin politically. He didn’t even vote in the election that she was campaigning for. Get your facts straight before parroting hatemongering that was debunked the day it was spewed. Your demeanor points to you not being too bright.

  • Anonymous

    Like I said, dumbasses.  Who confesses to wanting to harm police officers?  There are plenty of idiots to go around…liberal and conservative.

  • Anonymous

    How’s that hopey changey thing working out for ya? LOL

  • http://twitter.com/JohnnyDaMan Jonathan Gallo

    I am almost crying. I have so much respect for husbands and spouses who stick with their loved ones though thick and thin.

  • Anonymous

    At this point, the Dr.’s work is done, now it is her work.  They performed the first miracle by saving her life.  

    She has a spine of steel which will help her immensely.   The government had/has nothing to do with it.  

    Tell us about how Drs. are subsidized?  Would love to hear your “knowledge” about it.  

  • Anonymous

    does that make it right, honest, have anything to do with what happened to Gifford?  That would be a huge no.  Quit with your bull shit – it’s unbecoming and downright stupid.

  • Anonymous

    …ask a Dr. Darla.  I’ve heard many say “I’ve done all that I can do, now it’s in God’s hands”.
    Drs. by in large are the most religious among us because they see unexplained miracles every day.  

  • Anonymous

    are you for real?  Are you really that stupid or do you try extra hard?
    A sick psycho goes on a shooting spree and you are blaming Palin?  You’re absolutely nuts.  Get help.

  • us995

    thank you tearcher’s uniouns for the brainwahed useful idoits pooping in the streets

  • Anonymous

    I think we all ran out and enrolled at our local college after reading your uneducated rant.  Would you like us to pool our funds and pay for your courses, although you’d have to get your GED first their spot.  

  • Anonymous

    It is a great joy to know she is doing so well. I wish her and her family nothing but the best.

    P.S. Anybody using this story as a crutch for a political argument – you’re the absolute worst. It is a real shame that there are some people on this site that will take a story about overcoming the biggest of hurdles and use it as an attack (Nacho I’m looking at you, jerk).

    Wanna use this story as a political crutch? Go to a website where someone gives a damn and basic human morality isn’t needed. Smh.

  • us995

    in the Obama economy you can manage a burger king with a gaduate degree hope and change we no longer are decieved by will keep America you can keep the changepe

  • us995

    some people try to deflect there failures onto others

  • Mr. Pennypacker

    They were on their way to southern Oregon after being at the Portland rally, but was caught with some firecrackers.  

  • Mr. Pennypacker

    I’ve noticed some obsession with Palin from a lot of your posts too. In the extent that you thought she would not only run for president, but become president in 2012.  

  • Heyricksander

    Sorry.  Has anyone asked who is representing her district while she’s incapacitated?  

  • Anonymous

    Sincere and Best Wishes to Gabrielle Giffords and family for a full recovery.

  • jake12

    I’ll add to those who offer their best wishes to the Giffords. They are both inspiring and, even with limited words, it’s clear Gabrielle G. has a charming, intelligent personality. May the rest of her recovery be full and fast. 

    For the rest of you, who use this to thump either the liberal or conservative podium, bicker about Palin or Beckel, and whatever else… what’s wrong with you? 

  • Keaton

    She should be replaced. Sad but true!

  • http://twitter.com/jtanglewood76 realist

    WIsh her well but keep her far away from Congress or any position of responsibility. Her mental faculties are clearly diminished.  

  • Anonymous

    Barf! Can’t watch Sawyer for 10 seconds. What’s with the Maddow-style buzz-cut on Gabby? Not stylish at all.

  • Anonymous

    I think this woman has some problems

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Holy Crap! This is a story of survival and love and you choose to demonize OWS!? What the hell is wrong with you people!

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Are you kidding me? “Maddow-style buzz-cut”? SHE TOOK A BULLET TO THE HEAD! What are you, 12?

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Still way brighter than the entire republican field, and for the record, all because someone cannot speak does NOT mean their brain is not functioning. Dope.

  • Anonymous

    An amazing triumph already, I can’t wait to see her future progress!  

  • Anonymous

    her hairstyle is courtesy of the neurosurgeons prior to brain surgery, and it’ll grow back in a year.  You, however, will remain the same soulless human being until you get help.  

  • Anonymous

    She is doing really well considering  shot in the head at close range.  I am glad for that.

    She took the risk of trying to make the world a better place – I think she understood the risk involved and for that I can call her a brave person.

  • Anonymous

    lol  you have got to be kidding.

  • Anonymous

    you better take your medication and calm down.

  • Anonymous

    Yep – I did. I’m a Palin supporter. That’s no shocker. I wouldn’t politicize this though. I like Gabby. It’s the Dems. like folks that write on DKos that wouldn’t. Gabby used to be a Republican and she’s a very conservative Dem.

  • Anonymous

    Sometimes it is better not to say out loud what your brain is thinking.
    This is one of those times.

  • PeeJay

    And such a slight, pretty, delicate girl . . .

  • Anonymous

    So, they were “tea partiers”?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_432WZZSNB3WQIBY4AN2CVEALNU bossmanham

    That’s amazing. If there were any more evidence that the person is not simply the brain, I don’t know what it would be. She remains the same soul even though she can’t operate her body as well as she could. However, it’s remarkable that her brain could suffer such trauma and she’s still able to operate at this level.Now, I wonder if she’ll consider recanting her support of abortion now that some of her brain has been removed forcibly from her head. Probably too much to hope for.

  • Anonymous

    Many times? There might be a little difference between “a pin point to a certain spot” and kissing up to a bunch of gun worshiping wackos with hate talk! Re-load, remedies, wow!

  • Mojopundit

    What the hell is that supposed to mean?  Do you somehow hold Sarah Palin responsible for this?

  • Anonymous

    No that would b you. How’s your girl doing these days? lolololol

  • Anonymous

    ooops mistake in hitting like on your reply.

    Guess you haven’t met Stonepark. That’s the lowest of low.

  • G Tegs

    When you blow somebody frontal lobe clear out of their head they arent going to be the same person. Capable of performing duty as a Congresswoman? Very doubtful, unfortunately

  • proud2teabagu

    You are scum.

  • proud2teabagu

    You are a waste of skin.

  • proud2teabagu

    So what you hateful gutter trash. Did prayers hurt? So shut your sewer hole!

  • proud2teabagu

    We get it. You don’t believe in God. Shout it from the mountain top and then jump.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve known Gabby for years. She just really IS that strong of a personality, even if Loughner’s bullet disabled her articulation for now. It didn’t disable her spirit.

    Nor can all the hate comments on here by Republicans wanting to exploit her shooting for their own petty purposes. Anyone who knows Gabby Giffords knows she’d cringe in horror at such posts, but one can only assume that the authors of the hate posts have pretty much the same reaction when they look in a mirror.

  • AliveStillKickin

    I’m just sad that Jared Laughner got lost on his way to the White house.

  • http://twitter.com/jtanglewood76 realist

    No, but combine the inability to speak naturally with getting shot in the head and it typically is indicative of brain damage.  I know, it’s hard to add 2+2 for some people.

  • La1

    Congress is useless anyway.  Let her heal.  They should all take a year off.

  • Porphyry

    Wow! Give that reporter a Poolitzer! “How do/did you feel, Dummy?” Sawyer went to J-school for how long in order to learn how to ask such penetrating questions? Hooray for Duh Nooz!

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