 Kelly received word that his wife had been shot from an aide of the Congresswoman almost immediately after the shooting . He flew from Houston to Tucson with members of his family . While en route , the Kellys received an erroneous news report that Giffords had died . " The kids , Claudia and Claire , started crying . My mother , she almost screamed . I just walked into the bathroom , and , you know , broke down . " Calling family in Tucson , Kelly found out that the report was false and that she was alive and in surgery . " It was a terrible mistake , " Kelly said , " as bad as it was that she had died , it 's equally exciting that she hadn 't . " 
