Gabrielle Giffords Survives Surgery, Doctors ‘Optimistic’

Gabrielle Giffords, Democratic U.S. Congresswoman, survived a shooting in Tucson, Ariz., but remains in critical condition.
Gabrielle Giffords Survives Surgery, Doctors ‘Optimistic’
Gabrielle Giffords Alive: People leave flowers and candles outside the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who was shot during an event in front of a Safeway grocery store January 8, 2011 in Tuscon, Arizona. Laura Segall/Getty Images
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Gabrielle Giffords Alive: People leave flowers and candles outside the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who was shot during an event in front of a Safeway grocery store January 8, 2011 in Tuscon, Arizona. (Laura Segall/Getty Images)
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