. >> ron barber, pamela simon and hernandez share a special bond with her.taffers who were there with her the day of the mass shootings in tucson. barber was shot in the leg. simon in the chest. hernandez tended to give help with the head wounds after she was shot. >> i see ron and look ahead and i sea sooe david and a few feed ahead of her and i see pam. it was a horrible scene all-around. >> just seven months later, this sight. triumph. it brought tears and smiles as they watched giffords wave to her colleagues. >> she had been following it and felt like this was something that was critical to the country. >> it was the first time she appeared on camera in front of a national audience since the shooting in january. the first time she had returned to work. >> the fact that we were having this tense national discourse on the debt ceiling and i saw her come in at the last minute and make sure her voice was heard and took the vit rial out was heart warming. >> in character for the blue dog k democrat. >> she voted twice against raising the debt ceiling. >> tha