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On January 8, 2011, Giffords and at least 17 people, 6 of whom are reported dead, were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp], including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. She was shot by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Six have died, including one of Giffords' aides and a 9-year-old girl. Several others are in critical condition at the University of Arizona Medical Center. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/]
On January 8, 2011, Giffords and at least 17 people, 6 of whom are reported dead, were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp], including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. She was shot by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Six have died, including one of Giffords' aides and a 9-year-old girl. Several others are in critical condition at the University of Arizona Medical Center. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/]
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[[File:Obama and wife with Daniel Hernandez and Gliffords husband.jpg|thumb|280px|center|Daniel Hernandez, President Obama and wife and Mark Kelly at Tucson.]]
Giffords attended Cornell University and Scripps College in California. She was elected to the State House in 2000, and two years later became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate. Giffords is married to astronaut Mark E. Kelly, who has piloted space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. The two met in China in 2003 while they were serving on a committee there, and were married in January 2007. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40978517/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/]
Giffords attended Cornell University and Scripps College in California. She was elected to the State House in 2000, and two years later became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate. Giffords is married to astronaut Mark E. Kelly, who has piloted space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. The two met in China in 2003 while they were serving on a committee there, and were married in January 2007. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40978517/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/]