Watch as Local News Channel Captures Rep. Giffords Walking!
- Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:59am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Local station KTRK-TV in Houston caught an incredible and inspiring image today: recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords boarding a plane, under her own power, to attend the shuttle launch her husband will command on Friday:
KHOU-TV reports:
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was seen publicly for the first time since a January shooting Wednesday when she boarded a NASA flight to Florida. She‘s headed to Cape Canaveral to watch Endeavour’s final launch.
Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, is commanding the mission.
Giffords arrived with a group of people – including a nurse from TIRR Memorial Hermann – in a dark-colored SUV around 9 a.m.
The vehicle drove right up to a waiting NASA plane, and Giffords – guided by a second person—walked up the stairs into the aircraft.
Giffords has been in an intensive rehabilitation program at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston for months, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was shot at a political event in Tucson on January 8. Six people were killed.
KHOU captured the arrival from a different angle:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (120)
Agentuntomyself
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:14pmGood for her!
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:02pmGo Gabby. God bless you and your family.
Report Post »h20sue
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:51pmAre the democrats holding her position open because they feel a republican would be elected?
Report Post »I’m so proud of Gabby, and the doctors, but I think it will be many years before she’s able or wants to get back to her position. It’s time to fill the position and later,if she’s able, she can run again.
h20sue
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:49pmYou can’t see who is walking to the plane. Too small and very unclear. Maybe someone will have a better video. We‘re proud that she’s able to do this. Go Gabby!
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:48pmGod Bless this woman. I can only imagine if she were a republican and we were reading the Huffington Post instead of the Blaze. I’m sure you would be reading some vile comments. Democrats are the party of hate!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:59pmRANDY
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:48pm
God Bless this woman. I can only imagine if she were a republican and we were reading the Huffington Post instead of the Blaze. I’m sure you would be reading some vile comments. Democrats are the party of hate!
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Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo true. Amazing how the left, supported by the union thugs, new black panthers, Sharpton, Wright, etc. etc., call us the party of hate. That‘s like breaking into someone’s home and calling them the crook!
Just look objectively at the Beck rally, then at the lefts response and their union\communist backed response…it becomes very, very clear where the hate lies.
Report Post »Zer0
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:47pmGabrielle is one tough cookie! I am amazed that she is able to walk so soon after her horrific injuries. I hope she continues to have a speedy recovery.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:46pmNo TSA to feel her up?
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:44pmU.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: Endorsed by EMILY’s list for pro-choice Democratic women.
Report Post »I think I‘ll just ask God to Bless the innocent babies she’s helped destroy
Dale
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:12pmteddrunk;
“U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: Endorsed by EMILY’s list for pro-choice Democratic women. I think I‘ll just ask God to Bless the innocent babies she’s helped destroy”
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As much as I detest abortion, I’m glad that she is doing well, despite our political/social differences. While the information I’ve seen indicate it is unlikely she will regain her former capabilities, I wish her a quick and complete recovery. No one should have to go through what she has, nor the other shooting victims.
teddrunk
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:05pmDale, I respect your right to your opinion. People have differing levels of sympathies for various topics. You sound like a kind individual who honestly wishes everyone well. Nothing wrong with that. I on the other hand at times, try to be funny here, but other times I’m a real jerk, in many peoples eyes, if I feel strongly about something. I prefer to be brutally honest about matters, which comes off abrupt to many.
Report Post »For example, many very nice people here sincerely ask Our Lord to bless this woman. While I wouldn’t ask Him to do anything bad to her, I‘m kind of wondering how I can ask Him to bless someone who obviously doesn’t believe in Him, or doesn’t care, by her political support for a crime against humanity, that ranks right up there with the that done by Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, or Mao.
You see, to my way of thinking, it would be like asking Our Lord to bless Dr. Josef Mengele. In fact, he may be responsible for less deaths than her. I could ask Him to try and change her heart, but I find I simply cannot ask Him to bless someone who supports doing things to other people, far worse than her terrible ordeal.
eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:43pmWow – the media is spying on G.G. now – how about leaving her alone and letting her recover in peace?
Report Post »CygnusX
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:35pmCan we please take the politics out of this and celebrate her miraculous recovery.
Report Post »florklock
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:51pmAmen cygnusx! Why are people so mean? She is a US Congresswoman after all and I don’t agree with her politics, but that shouldn’t stop us from rejoicing in her recovery.
Report Post »honor007
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:32pmnow, this is NEWS….God Bless her~
Report Post »Calibrator2
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:32pmI wish her the best but as my elected Rep it is time for her to step down and allow for someone to represent the constituents of the district and be engaged in these difficult times dealing with these difficult issues.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:02pmI agree with you wholeheartedly!
Report Post »roseblood
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:38pmYou do realize that her cognitive and reasoning ability is completely intact, the only things which are impaired are her motor and speech skills. What are you suggesting here? Are you saying that she cannot do her job? Do you have any evidence that she is not doing her job from the hospital?
Report Post »Hisemiester
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:32pmAll I can say is that her husbandf is an idiot for wanting her in florida to watch him fly. What happens to brain injuries when people fly? If she has major problems, her husband should be grounded.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:59pmActually, from a news item I read the other day, she is the one who wants to be there for the launch; her husband isn’t forcing her into anything. Then she goes right back to the hospital.
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:41pmA woman doing what she wants, succeeding in a career, and having incredible personal strength?
GASP! HORRIBLE! The Blaze posters from the “women in college” article would hate her.
Report Post »FrankSpeak
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:02pmThis is very good therapy for Gabby if she wants to be there. Though I do believe her husband should not be taking the risk of a shuttle mission at this point…..she is going to need him. Both of my points come from personal experience in helping my wife recover from a TBI. She too had to learn to walk and talk again. The image of Gabby going up those steps really hits home and brings tears to my eyes. God bless her soul.
Report Post »retiredlogger
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:22pmtest
Report Post »retiredlogger
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:21pmWonderfull !
Report Post »21stCenturyPatriot
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:17pmGreat News, amazing recovery.
Report Post »LARR
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:16pmNo disrespect to the lady…but I wonder how many other patients get a full time Dr. (neurologist) and nurse to take care of them? (as resported in USA today) I just had a tumor removed from my stomach (lost 30%) and saw the Dr once a day, and the nurse once or twice a shift.
Report Post »roseblood
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:32pmI’ll take a stab at this one and say that people with money, people with great public sympathy, and people with doctors who want an awesome resume bullet, are the ones that get their own personal doctor and nurse.
Isn’t it terrible how capitalism and/or charity work?
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:11pmJust reminds me of the great care that was taken of the liberal lion Ted Kennedy.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:11pmThe best news of the day!
Report Post »Roxypnub
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:11pmWho do you think is paying for this needless and extravagant trip?
Report Post »DRB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:15pmTell us!
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:10pmUmm, probably NASA, since her husband is an astronaut risking his life going up into space. I can’t imagine what your problem would be with them paying for her to go see him off.
Report Post »floridaborn
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:58pmIs this any different than any of the other needless and extravagant trips that our Congress takes?
Report Post »God Bless Her – Prayers Answered!
dictionmary
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:58pmHappy and Proud to do so.
Report Post »MASTER YODA
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:35pmRoxypnub: Thinking the same thing I was. Glad she is recovering but who paid for the nasa jet I am, hmm? We did. To travel anywhere for anything does the government ever pay the taxpayer, hmm? Their way the political elitists feel entitled that the people pay.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:06pmMaybe you should be asking who has paid for the 200+ golf outings and the 500 person entourage that michelle has when travelling or the endless air force one flights with oprah or the $100 a pound kobe beef all the lefties love so much or the ……..whatever.
Report Post »DRB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:09pmCompliments to the best health care system on the planet!!
God Bless Gabrielle Giffords!!
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:18pmOh yeah, and the astronaut job to pay for brain surgery.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:02pmWhat an idiotic comment. I would assume she has the healthcare plan provided by her elected position in Congress. Man I think soros is wasting his money employing these losers to comment on the Blaze.
I will pray for you idiotface and hope that this type of tragedy never befalls you or someone you love. If you even know love. Or hope. Or faith. Or decency.
Report Post »jeff.cooper
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:07pmCongrats! Glad to see her getting around!
Report Post »RGVbob
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:07pmGood for her!
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:07pmThat is truly a miracle!!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:04pmQuestion – how can you tell which blurred figure is her – and why is it so important to see how she is walking? http://wp.me/pYLB7-V6
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:11pmShe is the woman slowly making her way up the portable steps. There is a man behind her, making sure that she doesn’t fall. It‘s important because it’s quite remarkable that she survived her injury and is even able to walk up those steps under her own power.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:12pmI agree. Let the poor woman recover in peace. News folks should put themselves in her place….after suffering such grave injuries, would they like everybody & their brother trying to snap pictures and video of them on every tiny step to recovery?
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:16pmWhat about wanting to know Obama personal birth info, and we are supposed to respect her recovery?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:41pmI think it is important for anyone in a similar situation recovering from severe head wounds to see this and know it’s happening. You guys make it sound like they bum rushed her with paparazzi.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:46pm@walkwithme1966
You heartless psycho libs never quit, do you?
What’s important about this is, while you on the Left were looking for someone to blame–like Palin–many of us Conservatives were praying for this woman. We cared about HER, while you libs cared about politics and how to slander us as a whole.
This good news isn’t really for you heartless libs, and for you in particular according to your demented post. This has no political value to the Left, so I grasp how you see nothing here ‘worthy’ of your time or interest. Still, I can’t fathom how liberals like you feel need to try stealing smiles from people of better character than you could ever hope to hold.
For we who have prayed though–it’s a good and lovely thing.
What is it with you liberals–and you in particular–needing to find fault in every possible thing?
Report Post »Deanna in Missouri
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:37pmUpstateNYConservative
Well said about Walkwithme1966′s comment….I agree completely.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:48pm@Cerealface – for the record I never cared about the whole birth certificate matter. But, there‘s a huge difference in the POTUS purposefully refusing to show his birth certificate and a woman recovering from near mortal wounds that she certainly didn’t ask for.
@UlyssesP – I agree it could be important. But only if or when that person chooses to share their personal recovery process. No, she wasn’t “rushed” with paparazzi, but the video was obviously filmed without her permission or cooperation. And I‘m sure the reporter’s motivation was a Scoop – not a humanitarian wish to show others they too can recover from severe head wounds.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:59pmCEREALFACE, Obama put himself in that position when he chose to become president. Gabby Gifford did not ask to be put in her position, it was shot right into her head. She needs our prayers for a continued recovery and most people will oblige gladly.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:57pmDont worry about cerealface. She just likes to be the frigid feminist that NOW raised her to be. Anyway, it seems as though obamas birth is more of an issue to the left. If that is the only point ms. cereal can bring up in a story about a person who battled the odds after the left pronounced her dead then that proves the moral bankruptcy of these little commies.
May God lay the blessings of life upon this woman and may none of the other victims of this senseless tragedy be forgotten.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:07pmIts amazing that you lefties were her constituents and this is how you treat her. hopefully she realizes who you really are now. God has shown her who we are.
Report Post »Entropy
Posted on April 28, 2011 at 1:45pmYou know what, I am sick of hearing about her and how horrible it was that a lying, POS congressman got hurt and how much I should care. I don’t give a flying F about her or any other criminal politician.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:01pmGOD bless her and the wonderful doctors who are taking care of her.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:04pmpraying for continued healing and complete recovery
Report Post »May The F=ma Be With You
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:15pmAbsolutely! Seeing that gave me chills, good for her.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:21pmI am extremely happy she is on the road to recovery. She never deserved this nor did those fine people around her at the time deserve this from that madman. Sorrowfully though, being from Arizona, I do not believe she is capable of fulfilling her duties as elected and a special election should be held to replace her. the people in her district are not being represented. Once she is recovered enough to once again fulfill her obligations as a U.S. Congresswoman she should run again and if the people in her district wish to vote her in again God bless her. I don’t want to come across as harsh, but if this were to happen to someone that works where I do they would replace the position and wish the former the best and welcome them back when they are recovered.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:27pmNot only is SHE inspiring…but the way Republicans have become taken with her is inspiring! We wish her the best and a continues speedy recovery…and to her husband…a safe flight and landing! I can just imagine what the Dems would be singing/shouting if similar injuries were inflicted on a Republican. They’ve shown themselves to be animals again and again.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:30pm@ Professional Infidel
Report Post »That is one of the stupidest comments I have read on this site…and that is saying something given the amount of retards that inhabit this place.
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:31pmWhy do I sense that something negative might “happen” during this upcoming shuttle flight?
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:43pmAwesome! Good for her. I hope they keep the press far away from her.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:56pmI know how happy she is to get up and walk, to recognize people around her, and to be alive. I was that way getting out of a wheelchair, walking with a cane, then without.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:57pmCreestof, you seem awfully mean-spirited and judgemental in what you say about people who may post on this site. Can we safely assume you artificially excuse yourself from the group you name-call?
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:14pmGlad to see that she is doing better.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:41pmSlowly but surely, one step at a time, it was wonderful to watch – a true miracle. Pray for a safe launch and flight – we will miss the space program in FL. Perhaps when we get a real POTUS who cares about the future of our country, we will get our space program back. God bless Gabby.
Report Post »TheAmericanRifleman
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:53pmWouldn’t the high altitude cabin presure be a problem?
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:02pmAlthough we stand on opposite sides politically, we stand by her side in praying for her continued recovery.
Report Post »Rene
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:45pmAgreed, Starman70. Call me weird but in light of Rev. 13:3, if she she runs for president, its gonna freak me out. Best to her and may God bless her.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:34pmGood for her. You could tell it was a struggle but she made it. Here’s prayer that she keeps improving.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:41pmWhers that little commie encinom?
You pronounced her dead didnt you? You should be ashamed, but you dont know that virtue. Didnt Palin and Beck cause her death? You are such a loser. You lack the “humanity” you represent. you lack the “tolerance” you espouse. And you have zero credibility. Gabby Giffords walking is a slap to your pathetic little man face. I bet your momma is proud.
Best wishes to Mrs. Giffords and Godspeed to your husband. enjoy the launch and Red state Florida.
Report Post »Sheryl_Crow
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:44pmOh My Yes, God Bless!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:45pm@ RENE
Rene
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:45pm
Agreed, Starman70. Call me weird but in light of Rev. 13:3, if she she runs for president, its gonna freak me out. Best to her and may God bless her.
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I looked this up and got a chill up my spine. Here’s my metaphorical summation about what I read [in brackets].
And I saw a beast coming out of the sea [coming out of the "C" for "congress"?]. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. [10 horns x 10 crowns = 100 senators?]. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard [a leopard has many spots / titles], but had feet [deciples] like those of a bear [Acorn...etc] and a mouth like that of a lion [verbally incisive]. The dragon [congress] gave the beast [Obama] his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound [Gabby Giffords], but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.
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I admit it’s pretty far out…but generates some serious thought. For example, I’m not sure “the beast” is Obama…it could be the MSM as well. It’s definitely confusing.
In the end, it’ll all make sense. In the mean-time, we all need to try to be good to each other.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:54pmShe will soon announce she is now against guns and speech, expect before Christmas a bill to be introduced by her to greatly limit the 1st and 2nd amendments, this whole thing was a charade, wouldn’t surprise me one bit if her husbands shuttle blows up, just to drive home sympathy for her bills.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 6:59pm“I got half a mind to quit this job!” Jim Brady
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