was to dive on top of his wife, sacrificing his life for hers. [ applause ] everything, everything gabe zimmerman did, he did with passion. but his true passion was helping people. as gabby s outreach director, he made the cares of thousands of her constituents his own. seen to it that seniors got the medicare benefits that they had earned. that veterans got the medals and the care that they deserved. that government was working for ordinary folks. he died doing what he loved, talking with people and seeing how he could help.
[ applause ] everything, everything gabe zimmerman did he did with passion. but but his true passion was helping people. as gabby s outreach director, he made the cares of thousands of constituents his own. seeing to it that seniors got the medicare benefits that they had earned. that veterans got the medals and the care that they deserved, that government was working for ordinary folks. he died doing what he loved, talking with people and seeing how he could help. gabe is survived by his parents ross and emily, his brother ben,
someone like gabe lives mind. we also lost christina taylor green. [ applause ] born on another day of unparalleled sadness, september 11th, 2001, kristina was only 9 years old. she was a new member of the student council at mesa verde elementary school. she loved ballet swimming and baseball. we could never know where kristina might have become. we can t imagine what the families of our six innocent neighbors are feeling. nor can we know the pain of the wounded. some whom are still struggling for their lives. saturday s gunfire didn t simply take six lives, injure my friend gabby giffords and injure
sacrificing his life for hers. everything, everything gabe zimmerman did, he did with passion. but his true passion was helping people. as gabby s outreach director, he made the care of thousands of her constituents his own. seen to it that seniors got the medicare benefits that they had owned. that veterans got the medals and the care that they deserved. that government was working for ordinary folks. he died doing what he loved, talking with people and seeing how he could help them. and gabe is survived by his
his final act of selflessness was to dive on top of his wife, sacrificing his life for hers. [ applause ] everything, everything gabe zimmerman did, he did with passion. but his true passion was helping people. as gabby s outreach director, he made the cares of thousands of her constituents his own. seen to it that seniors got the medicare benefits that they had earned. that veterans got the medals and the care that they deserved. that government was working for ordinary folks. he died doing what he loved,