In his speech tonight at a Tucson memorial service for the victims of last Saturday’s shooting, President Obama announced that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) had opened her eyes for the first time today.
Obama said Giffords, who is in the intensive care unit recovering from a gunshot wound and brain surgery, opened her eyes for the first time just after he and First Lady Michelle Obama visited her.
“So I can tell you she knows we are here she knows we love her and she knows we are rooting for her,” he said.
Politico reports Giffords was surrounded by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) when she opened her eyes.
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