i don t really know where it came from. everyone says how gutsy it was and how hard it must have been to finish a race like that. honestly, i think it s the most effortless i ve ever felt in a race. it was truly like i was lifted up on angel s wings. with the crowd still in a tizzy over her outrageous feat, heather prepares to take her spot atop the ceremony podium. that s when audrey smoot of indiana university brings her back down to earth. audrey won the first heat just before heather, beating her time by slightly more than .1 second. but she didn t fall down. she s like, um, i actually won. i was, like, sorry. had to scoot on over to take second there. it was a funny thing that i was just on cloud nine and thought i won everything, and then it took someone to say, hey, move over. heather s second place overall finish in the 600 meters
teammate jamie ditmar by 4/100 of a second. her parents are in the stand, just awe struck of their daughter s accomplishment. just to see someone fall down and put that effort in at the end, it s just amazing to watch. i never felt anything like that before. it was just amazing. people crying, laughing, screaming, jumping. people were going crazy. nobody could believe it. officials were coming over, but everybody, just was so energized after that, that there was no way we were going to lose that meet. heather herself can t believe how she did it. i don t know really where it came from. it s funny, because everyone says how gutsy i was and how hard it must have been to finish that race like that, but honestly, i think it s the most effortless i ve ever felt in a race. it was truly like i was lifted up on angel s wings. with the crowd still in a tizzy over her outrageous feat,
giffords was meeting with the public. moments after he arrived shooter opened fire killed the judge and many others. escorted the judge s remains to and from the church. it s the same church where yesterday crowds said goodbye to the younger victim christina taylor green. and today mourners lined that road some dressed in angels wings. he died an innocent victim of madness. even as people cried for the loss, we saw new glimmers of hope for those who survived that awful day. congresswoman giffords stafford ron barber got to home home today. he survived several gunshot wounds to his face, leg, and neck. i was with him when he left the hospital. it was both joyous and sad at the same time. we have really created quite a family up on the ic glumplet his daughters say barber had already started taking a few steps with a walker. they say he will not need any further surgeries. team fox coverage tonight.