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(47,485 posts) Fri Feb 18, 2022, 09:58 PM Feb 2022

Yo-Yo Ma and Gabby Giffords perform 'Sound of Silence' to honor lives lost to gun violence - PBS New

NewsHour profiled former Rep. Gabby Giffords’s 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.

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Yo-Yo Ma and Gabby Giffords perform 'Sound of Silence' to honor lives lost to gun violence - PBS New (Original Post) question everything Feb 2022 OP

It's always nice to be reminded that there are still good people around. Bleacher Creature Feb 2022 #1

Beautiful. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #2

I remember that original report... she's such a hero !!! Karadeniz Feb 2022 #3

Goosebumps. And I have heard (really) the french horn is very difficult to play. erronis Feb 2022 #4

Thank you! What a lovely moment. niyad Feb 2022 #5

Wow! So awesome! Martin68 Feb 2022 #6

What a brave, brave woman... llmart Feb 2022 #7

thanking Yo-Yo Ma Skittles Feb 2022 #8

Saw the PBS Newshour segment this evening. summer_in_TX Feb 2022 #9

Tears to my eyes - and another contribution to Gabby's husband, Senator Mark Kelly's NBachers Feb 2022 #10

Lovely, thanks for posting. mountain grammy Feb 2022 #11

K&&! Delightful and inspiring! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #12

Beautiful Wild blueberry Feb 2022 #13

Two wonderful people. Very poignant. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #14

I never heard it played better! usaf-vet Feb 2022 #15

Bleacher Creature

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1. It's always nice to be reminded that there are still good people around.

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:05 PM

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Thanks for sharing.

sheshe2

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2. Beautiful.

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:07 PM

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Karadeniz

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3. I remember that original report... she's such a hero !!!

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:41 PM

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erronis

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4. Goosebumps. And I have heard (really) the french horn is very difficult to play.

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:41 PM

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They both make their instruments sing.

niyad

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5. Thank you! What a lovely moment.

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:42 PM

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Martin68

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6. Wow! So awesome!

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:50 PM

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llmart

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7. What a brave, brave woman...

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 11:01 PM

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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

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8. thanking Yo-Yo Ma

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 11:02 PM

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and Gabby, well, she is amazing

summer_in_TX

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9. Saw the PBS Newshour segment this evening.

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Fri Feb 18, 2022, 11:06 PM

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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!