Nancy Pelosi was in room when Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes

[kpete]

Source: Politico

Nancy Pelosi was in room when Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all close friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were in the hospital room with the Arizona Democrat when she opened her eyes for the first time since she was shot in the head Saturday during a rampage that killed six in Tucson, Ariz.

In a speech at a University of Arizona service for the victims of the shootings, President Barack Obama broke the news that Giffords, who has been in critical condition since undergoing emergency brain surgery, opened her eyes.

“Gabby opened her eyes,” the president repeated to cheers from the crowd.

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He said Giffords’s husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, had given him permission to relay the latest positive sign of Giffords’s recovery.








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[gateley]

1. Man, that gave me chills! I'm assuming Mark was there to see it. Can you imagine

the elation?

[sabrina 1]

9. I'm not sure if he was in the room. The president said

that right after he and Mark had left they were told she had opened her eyes. He didn't say whether or not they went back.

But it is wonderful news and as the President said, and I hope is true 'she knows we are here'.

[global1]

2. If She Opened Her Eyes - Maybe We Can Open Our Eyes......

just spoken on the Rachel Maddow Show.

[femmocrat]

3. She is making incredible progress.

Every day there is more reason for hope.

[lonestarnot]

4. glad.

[wordpix]

5. hoping for a full recovery---so sad

Must keep those guns a-selling to anyone who wants one! :sarcasm:

[chervilant]

8. Yes, indeed,

Because, don't ya know, we're "all responsible for our own safety" (quoting another DUer's argument in favor of Arizona's lax gun laws).

[Historic NY]

6. Thats good news.

[TygrBright]

7. That's really nice.

But I'm sure the people she was hoping to see when she opened her eyes were Mark and the kids. I hope they were there, too.

But it's good that her colleagues were there. Three very classy women.

hopefully,
Bright

[NuclearDem]

10. Glad she's getting better

Even happier that she had good friends and loved ones with her when she woke up. :)

[femrap]

11. I hope soon she will speak. nt