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IcyPeas

(21,893 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 08:40 PM Nov 2022

Gabby Giffords... how many survivors of mass shootings are just like her... but who we never see?

There is focus on the victims of shootings and their families initially, but we never hear a lot of details about the people who were injured.

I was just thinking this because there is a special on CNN about Gabby Giffords tonight. She has made a remarkable recovery. But just wondered how many other survivors there must be whose lives are forever changed. It's a huge club.

the ripple effect...



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Gabby Giffords... how many survivors of mass shootings are just like her... but who we never see? (Original Post) IcyPeas Nov 2022 OP
I was thinking about her earlier malaise Nov 2022 #1

malaise

(269,057 posts)
1. I was thinking about her earlier
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 08:43 PM
Nov 2022

She was lucky to have good health care.

That said it was ReTHUG hate speech that nearly killed her

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