Metanews: Just nine years old, Christina Taylor Green was born on a day of overwhelming American tragedy. She died on another. "Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Tucson, AZ - 6 killed, 18 injured" * laugner * Gabrielle Giffords * shooting * arizona shooting * tucson shooting * congresswoman shot
Christina, a member of her grade school's student government, was among the six people killed in an Arizona shooting rampage Saturday that targeted Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
The young girl was born on Sept. 11, 2001, in Maryland and, according to family, had attended Ms. Giffords' town hall meeting out of interest in U.S. politics.
As a baby, Christina's photograph appeared in a book commemorating victims of the terrorist attacks. Faces of Hope: Babies born on 9/11 was a project undertaken by a Pennsylvania mother who sought out children from each of America's 50 states who had been born on Sept. 11.
"I think it's something hopeful," Christine Naman, the book's author, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2002.
"Maybe they were born to help us remember those who were lost, as well as to help us remember the things we should fight to hold on to. Things like peace, hope, freedom, courage, kindness. . . . Hope was born in every state that day."
Christina's uncle, Greg Segalini, told the Arizona Republic a neighbour invited the girl to Ms. Giffords' event.
"The next thing you know this happened. How do you prepare for something like this?" Mr. Segalini said to the newspaper. "My little niece got killed — took one on the chest and she is dead." Arizona shooting Gabrielle Giffords targeted Christina Taylor Sarah Palin Radical Tea Party republican party politics 9/11 symbol of hope Arizona Shooting Congresswoman # gabrielle
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# america Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot at a Tucson, AZ Safeway Store 2nd Man Sought in Ariz. Shooting AssociatedPress Congressional officials say Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head while meeting with constituents in her district in the area around Tucson. (Jan. 8)