ガブリエル・ギフォーズさんの容態 その１３： 旦那さん、宇宙へ
Title: Launch of STS-134
NASAKennedy, 2011/05/16 にアップロード
治療・リハビリ中のガブリエル・ギフォーズさんの旦那さんマーク・ケリーさんが船長を務めるエンデバーが、ようやく打ち上げられました；
◆＜スペースシャトル＞「エンデバー」打ち上げ シャトル飛行は残り１回に
毎日新聞 5月16日(月)22時2分配信
◆Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour!
Mon, 16 May 2011 09:56:43 PM UTC+0900 @ NASA - Archive
−−−Following a relatively smooth countdown, the weather cooperated leading to an on-time liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:56 a.m. EDT. （以下略、引用終わり）
※ NASA - Space Shuttle TOP には随時最新ニュースが上書きされて行きます。
◆Gabrielle Giffords, husband swap wedding rings for shuttle launch
Mon May 16, 8:58 am ET, The Ticket via Yahoo! News
−−−Ahead of Monday's launch of space shuttle Endeavor, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) asked for a memento from husband Mark Kelly, captain of the NASA mission. （中略） "Mark wanted a part of Gabby to go into space with him and Gabby wanted a part of him to keep here on Earth," Giffords' spokesman Mark Kimble told the Houston Chronicle. / Giffords' chief of staff Pia Carusone said Monday on CBS' "The Early Show" that Kelly gave her his ring to put on a chain for the lawmaker: / Usually he takes her wedding ring to space. So he took it from her a couple of days ago. But she wanted his. So, yesterday ... he gave her his ring. But his hands are a bit bigger than hers. So it didn't fit on her finger. So, he gave it to me to find a chain to give to her. So, I did last night. It's in my pocket and it will be around her neck as soon as I see her. （以下略、引用終わり）
※ 微笑ましい、羨ましい。
◆Wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watches launch
Updated: 6:51 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, Palm Beach Post
◆Gabrielle Giffords watches Endeavour liftoff
Updated: 5/16/11 1:10 PM EDT, POLITICO.com
◆Gabrielle Giffords in Florida for husband's shuttle launch
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 5/15/11 2:04 PM EDT @ POLITICO.com
◆Gabrielle Giffords: Another milestone in recovery
16 May 2011 Last updated at 15:03 GMT, BBC News
遠くからのビデオ・写真撮影以外今までリハビリ中の写真等が一切公開されていないのは当然の配慮でしょう。ギフォーズさんは今月、頭蓋骨のインプラント手術を受ける様です。奇跡的・驚異的とは云っても一時は死亡説も流れた程の脳の損傷ですから、気長に回復に努めて欲しいものです。人間の体には、新しい環境に適応しようとする自然治癒力がある筈だし、何より支えてくれるひともおりますし。
