Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will fly to Houston on Friday to continue her recovery, and you can say goodbye.
The route to the base will be: Cherry Avenue to Helen Street; east on Helen to Campbell Avenue; south on Campbell and Kino Boulevard to Aviation Parkway; southeast on Aviation Parkway to Golf Links Road; and east on Golf Links to the base's Swan Road gate.
Giffords will leave UMC at about 9:15 a.m. with a police escort to head for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for her 10 a.m. flight to Houston. She is expected to arrive at about 1:15 p.m. Houston time. She will then travel to TIRR Memorial Hospital.
Joining the Giffords on the will be:
- Mark Kelly, husband
- Dr. Peter Rhee, UMC trauma surgeon
- Tracy Culbert, a nurse in UMC's intensive care unit
- Gloria Giffords, mother
- Pia Carusone, chief of staff
- C.J. Karamargin, communications director
