Posted on 03/28/2015 10:23:24 AM PDT by rktman
Gabrielle Giffords, former U.S. Representative from Arizona, and her husband Mark Kelly, a Navy pilot and NASA astronaut, will be this years speakers for the Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School. Class Day will take place on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
Giffords served as U.S. Representative from Arizonas 8th Congressional District from 2007 to 2012. She survived an assassination attempt in Tucson in 2011 while meeting with her constituents. The gun attack killed six people and injured 13 others, including Giffords, who sustained a gunshot wound to the head.
Despite her massive injuries and subsequent neurosurgeries, Giffords returned to the U.S. House less than seven months after the attack. She resigned her seat in 2012 to focus on her continued recovery. Upon stepping down, she announced, I will return, and we will work for Arizona and this great country.
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One picture is worth . . .
OMW! The resemblance is uncanny! Good find!
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