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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBells and tears mark one year since Gabrielle Giffords shooting
Rebecca Kraft, 4, places flowers Sunday at a memorial in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson, Ariz., for the six people who lost their lives in a deadly shooting at the grocery store last year. ( Jonathan Gibby / Getty Images )
January 8, 2012 | 11:47 am
-- Ashley Powers in Tucson
At 10:11 a.m. Sunday, the mourners rang bells.
The tinkling was high-pitched, like childrens laughter, and stretched on for several minutes. Bystanders trembled and hugged. A few shook with tears.
The simple, powerful gesture outside a Safeway grocery store marked one year, to the minute, when a gunman opened fire here at a meet-and-greet for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Six people were killed and 13 wounded, including the congresswoman, who was shot in the head.
Thus began a day of commemorative events in this sprawling southern Arizona city, which residents like to think of as a big small town. Later in the day, mourners will attend a gathering to honor the dead, who included a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. A vigil too is planned, with Giffords scheduled to appear.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/gabrielle-giffords-tucson-arizona-shooting-anniversary-mark-kelly-safeway.html
More photos: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-0109-tucson-shooting-anniversary-pictures,0,6973420.photogallery
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Bells and tears mark one year since Gabrielle Giffords shooting (Original Post)
ellisonz
Jan 2012
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ellisonz
(27,711 posts)1. Kick.
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)2. It is hard to beleive it has been one year.
The shockwaves have all but disappeared, sadly.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)3. I still can't talk or think about it...
...without feeling a wave of emotion. I've watched a number of pretty horrific events unfold and this is the one that I think will always make me the saddest because it was preventable.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)4. Kick.