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Related: About this forumYo-Yo Ma and Gabby Giffords perform 'Sound of Silence' to honor lives lost to gun violence - PBS New
NewsHour profiled former Rep. Gabby Giffordss journey to "retrain her brain" after she was shot in 2011. Part of her routine includes playing her childhood instrument, the French horn. That piece caught the eye of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who then reached out to Giffords to play together. Watch now as they rehearse Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" to honor the lives lost to gun violence.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Thanks for sharing.
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)Karadeniz
(22,538 posts)erronis
(15,303 posts)They both make their instruments sing.
niyad
(113,370 posts)Martin68
(22,822 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)and an inspiration. All these years later and like Sandy Hook, nothing has changed for the better when it comes to stricter gun control.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)and Gabby, well, she is amazing
summer_in_TX
(2,739 posts)Somehow I missed the news anchor saying who it was playing with Yo Yo Ma, although I did get that music was a part of her therapy as she recovered from a gunshot wound.
I didn't realize that it was Gabby Giffords. Goosebumps!
What a courageous human being!
NBachers
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mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)I've known 2 people who played the French Horn and that is not a easy instrument. Kudos to the amazing Gabby Giffords...
Wild blueberry
(6,636 posts)Thank you.
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)Kudos!