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Photo gallery: Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
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Photo gallery: Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

  • Jan 21, 2011
  • Jan 21, 2011 Updated Jan 22, 2016

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB for a flight to Houston for rehabilitation.

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
The ambulance carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leaves University Medical Center behind a police escort as hospital staff wave as she is transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB for a flight to Houston for rehabilitation. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
Hospital staff and others wave as a convoy of cars follows the ambulance carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from University Medical Center to Davis-Monthan AFB for a flight to Houston for rehabilitation. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
People stand along Campbell Avenue in Tucson, Ariz., as the ambulance carrying U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., passes by on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords is being transported to a medical facility in Houston. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
Shirley McReynolds, right, and Dortha Bradley, second from right, stand along Campbell Avenue in Tucson, Ariz., as the ambulance carrying U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., passes by on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords is being transported to a medical facility in Houston. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
Don Nelson, treasurer the Sky Islands Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, waits outside the hospital to help escort the ambulance carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from University Medical Center. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson

Rep. Giffords departs Tucson
The ambulance carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leaves University Medical Center behind a police escort in Tucson, Ariz., to move to Houston for further rehabilitation. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

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