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Gabrielle Giffords visits Miami to unveil installation against gun violence

Gabrielle Giffords was in downtown Miami on Friday morning to help unveil a new installation against gun violence.

The retired congresswoman survived an assassination attempt on Jan. 8, 2011, while meeting with constituents in the parking lot of a supermarket. The mentally ill gunman shot her in the head, wounded 12 others, and killed six ā€” including 9-year-old Christina Taylor.

ā€œMy recovery is a daily fight, but fighting makes me stronger,ā€ Giffords said during her speech at Bayfront Park.

It has been more than a decade since the shooting and Giffords has been relentless in her efforts to lobby for gun control.

Rep. Val Demings, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, and Stacey Wesch, of Parklandā€™s Moms Demand Action, were standing by Giffords. Demings, the former police chief in Orlando, is running for senate.


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Saira Anwer joined the Local 10 News team in July 2018. Saira is two-time Emmy-nominated reporter and comes to South Florida from Madison, Wisconsin, where she was working as a reporter and anchor.

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