on this day last year, january 8th, 2011, a gunman opened fire in a supermarket parking lot where giffords was meeting constituents. six people died. but giffords survived a point blank shot to the head. thelma gutierrez is standing by live at the vigil in tucson. some inspirational sights compared to the absolute horror of a year ago and to see her and hear her giving the pledge, it really just made your heart swell in a good way. >> absolutely, don. in fact, that is exactly what struck me is that one year ago today she was actually fighting for her life. and then to watch her lead thousands of people in the pledge of allegiance. just a remarkable moment. there was another moment, too, don, that really took my breath away. when all of a sudden, ron barber who works for gabrielle giffords and was also injured in that terrible shooting asked the crowd to hold up their glow sticks as they read out the names of each of the six people who died. it was a remarkable sight because you could see thousands