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From: Sophia Tesfamariam (sophia_tesfamariam@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2011 - 08:35:20 EST
(Community News): Eritrean
American Delegation Pays Visit to Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords’ Office
On 13 January 2011 a 5-member Eritrean American delegation led
by Dr. Tesfay Aradom from Boston, Massachusetts, paid a visit to the office of US Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords of Arizona
to pay their respects and offer their condolences and well wishes on behalf of the
Eritrean American community.
The Eritrean American community is shocked and saddened by
the senseless 8 January 2011 shootings in Tuscon,
Arizona. Congresswoman Giffords was
shot in the head when a gunman opened fire outside a grocery store where the US
Representative was conducting a meeting with her constituents. The shooting
rampage claimed the lives of 6 people including 9-year old Christina Taylor
Green, born on 11 September 2001 and 30-year old Gabe Zimmermann, an aide to the
Congresswoman and injured several people.
The Eritrean American delegation included organization representatives
from the Eritrean American Community (EAC), the National Union of Eritrean
Youth and Students (NUEYS), Organization of Eritrean Americans (OEA), Eritrean Community
in Boston, and
the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW). They met and spoke with Representative
Giffords’ staff and joined well wishers to sign the book at Giffords'
congressional office in the Longworth
House Office
Building.
The Eritrean Community extends its sympathy to the families
of all those who lost their lives and were injured in that senseless mass
killing, and pray for Congresswoman Gifford’s full and speedy recovery.
You may send your well wishes to:
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