I could not listen without tears: Father of slain 9 year-old Christina Green sets the standard for Americans
If you're not prepared to cry, then don't watch this.
John Green, father of murder victim Christina Green, shows remarkable wisdom and poise in the wake of his daughter's death in the Gifford shooting. Christina was born on 9/11 of 2001.
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This is a Today show interview with Roxanna and John Green, the parents of 9 year old Christina Green, who was born on September 11, 2001 and was killed in the Tucson shooting on Saturday. Roxanna talks about how their daughter dealt with being born on such a horrible day by looking forward to a better future. And, as Hot Air's Ed Morrissey notes, John Green personifies "heartbreaking grace and tremendous courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy."
"We're going to remember her for the nine years we had her," says Green, who continues:
This shouldn't happen in this country, or anywhere else, but in a free society, we're going to be subject to people like this. I prefer this to the alternative.
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Born on Sept. 11, Claimed by a New Horror
Christina Green was on the student council of her elementary school, so on Saturday her mother’s friend thought she might enjoy seeing government in action: the local congresswoman meeting with constituents outside a supermarket near Christina’s home.
“I allowed her to go, thinking it would be an innocent thing,” said the girl’s mother, Roxanna Green, 45.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/10green.html?_r=1
Jan 10, 2011 at 12:41 PM
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Christina Green was on the student council of her elementary school, so on Saturday her mother’s friend thought she might enjoy seeing government in action: the local congresswoman meeting with constituents outside a supermarket near Christina’s home.
“I allowed her to go, thinking it would be an innocent thing,” said the girl’s mother, Roxanna Green, 45.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/10green.html?_r=1
Miss Green, a third-grader at Mesa Verde Elementary School, had recently been elected to the student council and was interested in politics, according to the Arizona Daily Star. This interest had led her to meet Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday.
An athletic young girl, she played on a local little league baseball team. Her interest in baseball runs in the family. Her grandfather, Dallas Green, was a major league pitcher in the 1960s and later general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team said Dallas Green was en route to Tucson on Sunday. Her father worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers in its scouting department.
“The Phillies organization expresses our heartfelt condolences to Dallas and Sylvia and the entire Green family on the senseless, tragic loss of Christina’s life. She was a talented young girl with a bright, promising future. Her untimely death weighs heavily on our hearts,” the team said in a statement.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dispatch/2011/01/09/victim-profile-christina-green-9/
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/christina-green-shot-gabrielle-giffords-tuscon-event-loved/story?id=12576408
Parents of Slain 9 Year Old Speak
Investigators found a 2007 letter from Giffords to Loughner during a search of his home, thanking him for attending a “Congress on your Corner” event at a mall in Tucson, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation statement filed yesterday with the criminal complaint. They also found an envelope with handwriting saying “I planned ahead,” “My assassination” and “Giffords,” according to the statement.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-10/giffords-shooting-suspect-jaren-lee-loughner-appears-in-phoenix-courtroom.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_us/us_congresswoman_shot_giffords#