Daniel Hernandez
Gabrielle Giffords’ Savior, Class of 2012
Near the end of our lunch at Cup Café in downtown Tucson, Daniel Hernandez tells me that the restaurant’s patio, where we’re sitting now, is one of the last places he saw former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before January 8, 2011. That was the day Hernandez, then a senior at the University of Arizona, become a national hero by running into gunfire to save Giffords’ life. But before then, here at Cup Café, Hernandez accidentally blew off the congresswoman while she was sitting by the same table where we’ve been …
