Photo courtesy of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office
Mark Kelly stands with his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she looks from her bed at the Santa Catalina Mountains on Thursday from an outdoor deck at University Medical Center. Giffords is scheduled to be flown to Houston on Friday to begin her rehabilitation.U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords felt the sunshine on her face for the first time since she was shot, her family said.
Giffords who was shot in the head Jan. 8 outside a northwest side grocery story, in a shooting spree that left 6 people dead and 13 wounded, spent some time on a deck at University Medical Center Thursday.
Giffords is set to travel to Houston Friday for rehab.
Her office released a photo of the outing. It shows her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, standing over Giffords in her hospital bed. Giffords cannot be seen in the photo that shows a view of Tucson and the Catalina Foothills.
At a news conference earlier in the day, Kelly told reports that he's hoping for a full recovery and called his wife "a fighter like nobody else that I know."
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Pueblo Politics: Giffords releases travel details
The office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords released the route she will take Friday to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for people who want to wish her well on her journey to Houston.
A group of VFW motorcycle riders will escort the ambulance to the base from University Medical Center at about 9:15 a.m.
She is expected to land in Houston at 1:15 p.m. after a 2 hour, 15-minute flight, and will be taken by helicopter to TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital.
The route to the base will be:
Cherry Avenue to Helen Street, east on Helen Street to Campbell Avenue, south on Campbell Avenue and Kino Boulevard to Aviation Parkway, southeast on Aviation Parkway to Golf Links Road, and east on Golf Links Road to the base’s Swan Road gate.
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