Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led a huge crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance at a candlelight vigil in Tucso

(20 Jan 2012) HEADLINE Raw Video: Giffords leads Pledge of Allegiance CAPTION: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led a huge crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance at a candlelight vigil in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday. The event was held to remember a shooting there one year ago that killed six people, and wounded Giffords and others. (Jan. 9) [Location - Date:TUCSON, ARIZONA -- AP VIDEO -- JAN 8] STORYLINE TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led a crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, her words ringing out across a cold Tucson night in a rare public appearance Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil one year after surviving a deadly shooting. The Democratic congresswoman _ who has struggled to re-learn to walk after being shot in the head _ stepped onstage to cheers from the crowd. Ron Barber, a staffer who was wounded in the rampage that killed six one year ago, invited her to lead the audience in the pledge. The crowd chanted: "Gabby, Gabby." She limped to the podium, and husband Mark Kelly helped lift her left hand over her heart. After months of intensive speech therapy, Giffords recited the pledge with the audience, head held high and a smile on her face as she punched each word. The remembrance at the University of Arizona concluded a day of events, including a church service that drew hundreds in the afternoon and a citywide bell-ringing at 10:11 a.m., the exact time a gunman started shooting at a Safeway political event on Jan. 8, 2011. With hugs and tears, southern Arizonans remembered the dead, the shattered lives and those who acted heroically after a gunman opened fire at an outdoor meet-and-greet that severely wounded Giffords and 12 others. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...