`` It was like witnessing a miracle , '' Gillibrand told CNN . Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand : `` It was like witnessing a miracle '' Gillibrand , Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz were in Giffords ' hospital room . They had been there for hours waiting to see her before she died. ` The doctors could n't believe it '' Thousands at a memorial event cheer when Obama announces the development .
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand : `` It was like witnessing a miracle '' Gillibrand , Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz were in Giffords ' hospital room . They had been there for hours waiting to see her before she died. ` The doctors could n't believe it '' Thousands at a memorial event cheer when Obama announces the development .