he told me some remarkable details. first of all he was in houston when this all happened. he got call from the chief of staff from the congresswoman s office who told him basically his wife suffered and injury. he got on a plane, a private plane as it were and was here in tucson, arizona in about 45 minutes after he got on that plane. he got here very quickly. right around the time his wife was being taken into the intensive care unit. what a difficult plane ride that must have been for him. when he arrived he was take boon a private room and dr. lemole and dr. rhee both came out to speak to him giving him details for the first time what exactly happened to his wife telling him she been shot in the head. although also painting an optimistic picture, dr. rhee did, specifically what had happened and how he thought she was going to do. and i ll tell you dr. lemole paint add different pick color for captain kelly. according to mark, dr. lemole said count on the fact she s going to have ba
pa paramedics were there to help and pulled up the at the university medical center. congresswoman giffords was brought here. this is the largest level one trauma center in the area. the first doctor to see her, dr. randal rhee. we ll talk to him. about zen something, in my office ready to have my day and the pager goes off, multiple trauma patients. reporter: what did they say? a text. reporter: multiple traumas on the way. coming on this alphanumeric text. multiple gunshots that s it. gunshot wound victim. the first thing i did, walked in the room. i think i said this before, but my first response, i grabbed her hand, leaned into her and said, ms. giffords you re in the hospital we re going to care for you. please squeeze my hand and she did. reporter: is she a wrap on
corner. reporter: comes through these doors around the corner. all a few minutes, we re talking about, right? yes. reporter: after the cat scan, the neurosurgeons are present? yes. he was relaying the findings and we were all in agreement this patient needs to go right to the operating room from the cat scanner. the nurse here suggest wed do an i.v. contrasted head scan, an additional test so that added a few extra minutes. reporter: now 9 congresswoman is in the cat scanner, obviously, a gunshoot wound to the head. what s the level of tension among the team? all focused on gettinged patient what she required. while the patient was in the cat scanner i left for probably a few minutes to assess the new patients arriving. giving direction, what this patient would need, what that patient would need. come back to the cat scar scanner on the phone with dr. lemole and dr. rhee. were you thinking what would you have done if someone needed
than ever. 4:00 eastern, step back and hands off that cell phone and computer. the movement to detox yourself of all things digital. maybe just take a break from a potential addiction. you re in the cnn newsroom where the news unfolds live this saturday, january 15th. i m fredricka whitfield. gabrielle giffords meeting with constituents as a tucson, arizona supermarket nap store reopened today, several employees said it was important for them to return to work to get a sense that life is returning to normal after last week s shootings. there was a moment of silence earlier today to remember the six people who died and the 13 others who were wounded. new individual i don t now has been released of tucson shooting su suspect jared loughner. one of reasons former college campus released him. helping break down the new video. susan candiotti. susan? reporter: hi, fredricka. you ve seen the suspect, heard about him. certainly taken a look at the mug shot of him smiling. even