Giffords coming for first visit to Tucson
Rarely a day goes by that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords does not mention Tucson and her wish to come home, her spokesman says.
Today, she gets her wish.
The Democratic congresswoman is flying to Tucson this afternoon and will be here through the weekend. She has been undergoing treatment in Houston since Jan. 21, two weeks after she was shot through the head while meeting with constituents at a northwest-side grocery store on Jan. 8.
Giffords could not be more excited about her first trip home, spokesman C.J. Karamargin said.
“Tucson is Gabby’s home,” Karamargin said. “This is where she was born, this is where she grew up. She is a child of the desert, and this is where her heart is.
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