See what Gabby Giffords has been doing since shooting
What Gabby Giffords has done since being shot on Jan. 8, 2011.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrives back at the finish line for the 12-mile fun ride at the Special Olympics El Tour de Tucson bicycle race on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Tucson.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords signs along to the National Anthem with husband Mark Kelly, right, before the 12-mile fun ride at the Special Olympics El Tour de Tucson bicycle race on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Tucson.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords starts off the line for the 12-mile fun ride at the Special Olympics El Tour de Tucson bicycle race on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Tucson.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrives back at the finish line for the 12-mile fun ride at the Special Olympics El Tour de Tucson bicycle race on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Tucson.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiles as she waits for the start of the 12-mile fun ride with husband Mark Kelly, right, before the 12-mile fun ride at the Special Olympics El Tour de Tucson bicycle race on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Tucson.
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Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, right, visits with congressman Rob Barber after she was awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords smiles, right, smiles as husband Mark Kelly speaks prior to her receiving the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, right, smiles as she hugs mother Gloria prior to accepting the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
With husband Mark Kelly at her side, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, right, smiles as she listens to an introduction from her mother Gloria as she is awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords waves to the crowd after a short speech where she was awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
In this 2014 file photo, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords smiles as she listens to husband Mark Kelly speak after she was awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference.
Gabby Giffords
While husband Mark Kelly affectionately rests his head on her shoulder, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords listens as she is awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
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Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords talks with U.S. Representative Ron Barber as (background left) U.S. Marshal David Gonzales of the District of Arizona talks to Giffords spokesperson Pia Carusone before the dedication ceremony of the John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse in Yuma, at the Pivot Point Conference Center, across the street from the courthouse, on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Roll was among six people who died in front of the Tucson grocery store after stopping by to greet Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords walks with her spokesperson, Pia Carusone, before the dedication ceremony of the John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse in Yuma, at the Pivot Point Conference Center, across the street from the courthouse, on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Roll was among six people who died in front of the Tucson grocery store after stopping by to greet Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)
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Rep. Ron Barber chats with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in front of a portrait of their friend, the late Judge John M. Roll before the dedication of John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Yuma, Ariz. Roll was among six people who died in front of the Tucson grocery store after stopping by to greet U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight)
Gabby Giffords
Rep. Ron Barber chats with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she touches a portrait of their friend, the late Judge John M. Roll at the dedication of John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Yuma, Ariz. Roll was among six people who died in front of the Tucson grocery store after stopping by to greet Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight)
Gabby Giffords
With husband Mark Kelly by her side, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gives a short speech after she was awarded the Changemaker Award at the YWCA of Tucson Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011.
Gabby Giffords
Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Tucson, blows kisses to the media, waves, and says "it was wonderful" as she briefly describes her skydiving experience as the SUV she was in drives past media cameras Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Eloy, Ariz., marking the three year anniversary after she was shot in a mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., during one of her political events. According to her Facebook page she did the tandem skydive jump with her friend, former Navy SEAL Jimmy Hatch. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords testifies before a Washington state House panel in Olympia, Wash. Jared Lee Loughner carried out the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six people and wounded Giffords and 12 others on Jan. 8, 2011. Newly released law enforcement documents show how Loughner was unraveling in the month before the rampage, including issuing paranoid, expletive-filled Internet rants about killing and the government. The FBI released the documents Thursday, April 10, 2014, in response to media requests for the investigative files into the shooting. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - In this Sunday, May 5, 2013, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, right, and her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly, look back at the crowd after arriving at a ceremony awarding Giffords the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the JFK Library in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords address reporters after they plant a yellow-rose bush at the CG2 (CGsquared) community garden at 1933 N. Bell Ave in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2013. The bush was planted In commemoration of the Newtown Shootings. The garden was her community garden near the house where she was living when she was shot.
Gabby Giffords
Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords address reporters after they planted a yellow-rose bush at the CG2 (CGsquared) community garden at 1933 N. Bell Ave in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2013. The bush was planted In commemoration of the Newtown Shootings. The garden was her community garden near the house where she was living when she was shot.
Gabby Giffords
Gabby Giffords reacts to the rose bush planted by her and husband Mark Kelly at the CG2 community garden at 1933 N. Bell Ave in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2013. The bush was planted in commemoration of the Newtown shootings. The garden was her community garden near the house where she was living when she was shot.
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Former US Rep Gabrielle Giffords hugs Emily Nottingham, the mother of Gabe Zimmerman, who was shot and killed during the January 8, 2011 shooting.
Gabby Giffords
Mark Kelly rests his head on the shoulders of his wife, former US Rep Gabrielle Giffords, as fellow survivors talk about the need to reduce gun violence in the country.
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., tosses a ball for her 2-year-old dog, Nelson, with husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, at an overlook of Cook Inlet in Resolution Park on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. Giffords and Kelly are in Alaska as part of a seven-state "Rights and Responsibilities Tour" urging members of Congress to expand background checks on gun sales. Giffords, who survived a 2011 assassination attempt, and Kelly founded Americans for Responsible Solutions. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama puts his arm around former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington about measures to reduce gun violence. Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, left, former U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, center, and her husband Mark Kelly arrive for a tour of the New EastCoast Arms Collectors Associates arms fair in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, Pool)
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Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, left, and her husband Mark Kelly tour the New EastCoast Arms Collectors Associates arms fair in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, Pool)
Gabby Giffords
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, and her husband Mark Kelly appear at a news conference following a tour of the New EastCoast Arms Collectors Associates arms fair in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, left, speaks at a news conference with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, right, following a tour of the New EastCoast Arms Collectors Associates arms fair in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, Pool)
Gabby Giffords
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, left, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, center, and her husband Mark Kelly tour the New EastCoast Arms Collectors Associates arms fair in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, Pool)
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speaks to gun owners during a roundtable discussion at The Pit Authentic Barbecue in Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (Al Drago/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, along with U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, greet guests at the John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse dedication, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Yuma, Ariz. Roll was among six people who died in front of the Tucson grocery store after stopping by to greet Rep. Gabby Giffords on Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/The Republic, Charlie Leight)
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords talks with U.S. Representative Ron Barber before the dedication ceremony of the John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse in Yuma, at the Pivot Point Conference Center, across the street from the courthouse, on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Judge Roll was killed during a shooting in Tucson in January 2011, where Giffords and Barber were also injured. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)
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Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords greets members of the Manchester Police Patrolman Association, after a news conference at the Millyard Museum, Friday, July 5, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. Three years after being shot in the head, Giffords is calling on New Hampshire's political leaders to have courage in the fight to expand background checks on gun purchases. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords acknowledges the crowd after she and husband Mark Kelly, retired space shuttle commander, delivered the commencement address in two parts, during the 153rd Commencement at Bard College, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Giffords also received an honorary degree. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)
Gabby Giffords
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leans forward as her husband, Mark Kelly, retired space shuttle commander, adjusts her mortarboard as they ride in the procession for the 153rd Commencement at Bard College, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. They delivered the commencement address, and Giffords received an honorary degree. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, retired space shuttle commander, arrive onstage before delivering the commencement address during the 153rd Commencement at Bard College, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Giffords also received an honorary degree. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiles as she raises a fist pump to the crowd as she, her husband Mark Kelly, and a number of other Tucson mass shooting victims returned to the site of a shooting that left her critically wounded to urge key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Ret. U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), center, and her husband Mark Kelly are introduced as they attend a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Braley Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, during the Bruce Blues & BBQ at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Scott Morgan)
Gabby Giffords
FILE - In this July 4, 2013, file photo, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords talks to supporters before she and husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, take part in a parade in Northside, a suburb of Cincinnati. Giffords and Kelly are co-founders of the gun violence prevention group Americans for Responsible Solutions. On the eve of President Barack Obamaís State of the Union address, Giffords is challenging Washington leaders not to ignore gun violence.(AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)
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