Gabby Giffords Delivers Powerful Speech On Recovery

Buzzfeed News reports:

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot and almost killed during a mass shooting in 2011, made a powerful video for the Democratic National Convention about her long road to recovery, likening her challenge to what’s ahead for the country while plugging Joe Biden as the person for the job.

“He was there for me. He’ll be there for you too,” Giffords says twice in the video — which is split between a longer stand-alone speech and footage of her preparing with her speech therapist in Tucson, Arizona.

“I’ve known the darkest of days,” Giffords says, standing at a lectern in front of the American flag. “Days of pain and uncertain recovery. But confronted by despair, I’ve summoned hope. Confronted by paralysis and aphasia, I responded with grit and determination. I put one foot in front of the other. I found one word and then another.”