Gabby Giffords will sky dive today

[malaise]

Last edited Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:55 PM - Edit history (1)

to celebrate her survival when that gun nut opened fire and killed so many people including that beautiful child.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I hope she loves it as much as I did!

Good for her! I jumped over the north shore of Oahu in 2012, what a thrill.

I read that she is regaining some use of her right hand/arm, as well.

I hope so.

K/R

[RebelOne]

6. I loved it too.

I made 6 jumps in Homestead, FL. Then I decided to stop before I had any broken bones. But it was a great experience.

I wish Gabby a safe journey to the ground.

[malaise]

8. Sounds like fun

Should add it to my bucket list.

[NYC_SKP]

9. I'll bet it would be a beautiful view for where you live.

We have cheaper skydiving here but I thought a view from 2 miles up over the islands would be cool.

I paid a little extra for them to use a GoPro camera and capture the journey down!

Not the best shot, just what I have handy this morning:

[malaise]

11. Wow

That's fabulous

[Schema Thing]

2. god I love that woman!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. May she have a safe flight and safe jump. But most of all, may she have...

FUN!!!

[Lint Head]

4. This will be exciting. I can't wait to see video and the exhilaration on that beautiful face.

She IS tough!

[shenmue]

5. She is neat

[NYC_SKP]

7. Apparently, it won't be televised until tomorrow on the Today Show.

Gabby Giffords: Fight Against Gun Violence Is Like Rehab

Three years after being shot in the head at a campaign event in Arizona, in an attack which left six dead and wounded 12 others, Gabby Giffords is going skydiving. ABC’s Today show, which revealed the news, will air the jump exclusively on Thursday.

Far from high-flying stunts, the former U.S. representative writes in a New York Times op-ed that she has spent much of the last three years, “learning how to talk again, how to walk again. I had to learn to sign my name with my left hand.”

But that “gritty, painful, frustrating work” in its endless repetition and slow progress, according to Giffords, has helped her understand another battle, the fight against gun violence. She writes how the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary renewed her will:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/01/08/gabby_giffords_sky_dives_on_three_year_anniversary_of_shooting_writes_new.html

[hfojvt]

10. is she gonna free fall - and solo?

Obviously I don't have the guts to do it, but I still think it is kinda lame to do it with no free fall.

To me Gabrielle is such a lovely name I don't know why somebody would wanna go by "gabby" which means that they talk too much.

Also, FYI the internets tell me it is GiffordS.

Not meaning to be critical on any of that. Just FYI and some rambling.

And for Gabrielle, I wish her well.

[malaise]

12. Thanks

Corrected

[NYC_SKP]

13. My guess is a tandem, not a solo, with free fall.

She still has a lot of physical impairments, I doubt she's planning to solo.

I went up to 10,000 feet which allowed for plenty of time for just acceleration.

I'm with you, got to free fall.

[colsohlibgal]

14. Good For Her

Very brave she is, if we had sane gun laws her skydiving would not be news.