by PHILIP RUCKER
Christina had been learning about government and public service at Mesa Verde Elementary School. She wanted to meet her congresswoman, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), so a neighbor took her last Saturday to a “Congress on Your Corner” event outside a Safeway supermarket in Tucson’s northwest suburbs.
The neighbor, Suzie Hileman, was holding Christina’s hand, waiting in line to talk with Giffords, when authorities say Jared Loughner shot Giffords and started firing into the crowd. Moments later, after Loughner was restrained, witnesses rushed to give Christina CPR before emergency rescue personnel arrived. But it was not enough to revive the young girl.
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