Ten Years After Surviving a Shooting, Gabby Giffords Is Using Her Voice for What Really Matters

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'Ten years ago, my life changed drastically. One day I was in Congress, getting ready to meet my constituents. The next day I was in a hospital fighting for my life. Today, I don’t take anything for granted.' GabbyGiffords

. Below, Giffords reflects on how her aphasia, a lasting result of the shooting that makes it more difficult to speak, has affected her approach to her career and what still gives her hope about the gun safety movement.I always volunteered to shovel out the stables so I could get horse riding lessons as a kid. But my first real job was at El Campo Tires, the business my family ran in Tucson, during my high school summers. As an adult, I came back to run El Campo, which was not easy.

 

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