Dear Friend,
Gabrielle and longtime supporter and WWII veteran Bob Berry of Green Valley, AZ.
I hope you are enjoying this holiday weekend with friends and family. As we commemorate Memorial Day with celebrations, parades and barbeques, I hope you will join me and my family in remembering what makes this holiday so important: the troops who have fought bravely to protect the country we hold so dear.
Please join me in wishing a very happy Mother’s Day to all of the great moms in our Cactus Roots community!
Whether it’s at a meal around the dining table or a phone call across the country, I hope this Mother’s Day brings you and your loved ones together to celebrate, laugh and enjoy time with one another.
Op-Ed by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Sierra Vista Herald
The 40 American volunteer aid workers had survived the earthquake. But they were separated into five small groups, waiting to be rescued from the devastated foreign nation.
Using rudimentary tools — hand-drawn maps, signaling mirrors and large letters stomped into the dirt — the aid workers attracted the attention of U.S. Air Force helicopter crews who had been dispatched to rescue them.
The men and women were located, loaded into the choppers and taken to a central point to be evaluated for injuries. All returned home safely.
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