on top of her to protect her from the spray of bullets. and they said, look, this is a hero. this is our real-life hero. it was hard to keep it together, but we re learning more about the others in all of this, and that s a blessing. jon: when she said, when angela robinson and, i m sorry, it was her daughter, angela robinson stepped to the podium and talked about how she was holding her husband s hand as he, as he took his last breath, she said a beautiful way to say good-bye and go home. boy. harris: you know, the other thing, too, little christina green, we know there was someone holding her hand. i think we knew i who had taken her to that event, susie hileman, but from her husband bill we got to hear exactly what those last moments were between those, between that little girl and his wife. really, really touching moment. and then we learned some more about the congresswoman s injury as well. jon: right. it appears that now doctors think that she was shot from the
the trauma surgeons. she had been hit three times by bullets. thankfully, spine and organs were all intact, and her biggest issue on an ongoing basis is a fractured hip which is being addressed today as we sit here. there s been heros involved in this from my perspective from day one including those good people in the emergency room who dealt with this incredible chaos but looked to the feeling of all of us who were so unknowing and so scared as to what was what was going on. to every nurse, every orderly, every doctor that we ve met so far, i m so impressed with the quality of care we re getting from this institution and how they operate and the care they take in the sensitivities of those of us who are going through this. susie is going to be fine long term. not sure she s going to be quite as active with all of her physical activities for a while. she ll be in a walker for three months and be serious physical rehab after that, but she s a
from time to time, in moments of discomfort things come out. she s recalling and remembering and having flashbacks of uncomfortable moments. i don t feel prepared today to put together a cogent timeline of exactly what occurred. i hear her in her semiconscious ramblings screaming out, christina, christina, let s get out of here, let s get out of here. and she keeps talking about the holding of hands and then the realization she was on the ground, and the bleeding was profuse. her memory seems to end there. does she know what is happening to christina? one of the first good impressions i got from this institution was with when i was pulled aside by a social worker who rightfully identified that the toughest issue that was likely to be faced by susie was dealing with what happened to christine that. and, again, my wife has worked in this and with families that have of dealt with terrible tragedies in her prior social
we ve been here since 2006. my wife and i were fortunate to pick a community that we wanted to be part of, and tucson is the one that we selected feeling that it was one of the most natural melting pots of america that we could ever find. it s been a very, very decent community to us, so this event, i think, is extra shocking because of that. i have to say my personal experience from initially getting the call on saturday from anonymous woman on the scene who let me know that susie and christina had been in an accident, and i m down in the emergency room here, and one of the first people i met was a minister who had heard the news and walked in off the street, not part of the staff. he was there comforting people. that s my tucson. i was later, not being a particularly religious guy, my hand was held by a woman who said a prayer that since has made me feel was particularly influential in this giving my wife some good luck that first day. she was operated on saturday by
helped them as well as everyone else. there are volunteers that are organized as well as unorganized volunteers that step in just immediately. the hospital staff, the fbi, everyone has been extremely helpful, and we appreciate that. our thermos doing quite well actually. she has a lot of strength and courage. courage, and she will go forward. she has a long road ahead of her, but her condition is good, i think. she s resting, and we just appreciate everyone. thank you. i d like to introduce bill hellman, and he s going to make a few comments as well. good morning. my wife, susie, was the person who took christina taylor green to this event.