Independent voices from the TWT Communities

She heard them, smiled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiled inside an ambulance as she heard applause during a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday, and doctors say her transfer by jet and helicopter to a hospital in Houston went flawlessly.

She heard them, smiled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"She's a very gentle person," Culbert said, "and her personality is coming out with her touches, the way she touches us, the way she looks at us, and I am very lucky to know her."
"She was taking it off my hand and I asked if she wanted to see it," Culbert said.