{"id":439792,"date":"2011-06-12T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/12\/first-giffords-pictures-released\/"},"modified":"2011-06-12T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T11:35:52","slug":"first-giffords-pictures-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/12\/first-giffords-pictures-released\/","title":{"rendered":"First Giffords pictures released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"72.2785987958\"><span><span>12 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>07:35 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has released the first pictures of herself since she was shot in the head in January.<\/p>\n<p>Two pictures appeared on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/rep-gabrielle-giffords\/photos-of-congresswoman-giffords\/10150627766530514\" title=\"facebook page\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Giffords, 41, was seriously injured during a shooting spree by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and wounded 13 others.<\/p>\n<p>She is being treated at a clinic in Houston, Texas. Doctors say she has been recovering well.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/articles\/2011\/06\/09\/20110609gabrielle-giffords-health-issues-revealed.html\">interview with The Arizona Republic<\/a> published on Thursday, Ms Giffords&#8217; Chief of Staff Pia Carusone said she still had only limited speaking ability.<\/p>\n<p>But Ms Carusone told the Associated Press news agency on Saturday that she could be released from the rehabilitation clinic in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the pictures released on Sunday, Ms Giffords is smiling at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>In the other, she is sitting with a woman. Both photographs were taken on 17 May, the accompanying text says.<\/p>\n<p>Many well-wishers left messages on the page, including: &#8220;Gabby, you look wonderful! Keep up the fight to get well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened on 8 January near Tucson, Arizona, outside a supermarket where Ms Giffords was meeting constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the only time the public has been able to get a glimpse of her was in April, when footage showed her from a distance boarding a plane to watch her husband, space shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly, launch into space in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>A suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, has been arrested and accused of carrying out the shooting. He has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13742144\" title=\"First Giffords pictures released\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Giffords pictures released<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 12 June 2011 Last updated at 07:35 ET US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has released the first pictures of herself since she was shot in the head in January. Two pictures appeared on her Facebook page . 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