Gabby Giffords nearly lost her life in January 2011. While the then-Arizona Representative was having a meeting with her constituents in a supermarket parking lot, in Tucson, a man shot her in the head and then opened fire on the crowd. While Giffords was critically wounded in the shooting, six others were killed, and 13 left injured. In the immediate aftermath of the shocking incident, Daniel Hernandez Jr., a then-20-year-old intern who had only been working for the Democratic politician for five days, tended to her and arguably saved her life. During an appearance on "Today," Hernandez Jr. explained that he simply tapped into the knowledge he had gained from a certified nursing assistant course he took in high school to care for Giffords until the ambulance arrived. Then, the staffer to

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