Friends: 'Watching a miracle' as Giffords opens eye
KXTV 10 Thursday 13th January, 2011
By Catalina Camia TUCSON, AZ - The scene inside Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' hospital room yesterday was like "watching a miracle," one of her closest friends in Congress said. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is a close friend of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. She and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., recounted for journalists aboard Air Force One last night the emotional scene as they watched their friend respond to them during their visit. "It felt like we were watching a miracle," said Wasserman Schultz, who helped recruit Giffords to run for Congress in 2006.
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