“Together we thrive,” Giffords says on 15th anniversary of shooting

On the 15th anniversary of the shooting that killed six people and nearly took her life, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged people to focus on the goodness she’s seen in the years since that fateful day.

State of play: In an op-ed in AZcentral on Thursday, Giffords wrote that she learned in the aftermath of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting at a Tucson-area grocery store that “Together we thrive” became a unifying theme for people.

  • She encouraged readers to honor the victims “by focusing on their enduring legacies, and by recognizing…

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