Politics | Gabrielle Giffords Giffords' Husband: In Sickness, Awaiting Health Mark Kelly keeps vigil by wife's side in newly released photos By Polly Davis Doig Posted Jan 12, 2011 7:53 AM CST Copied In this Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 photo, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords' husband, holds the congresswoman's hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) Mark Kelly probably never thought marriage to the adventurous Gabrielle Giffords would mean days spent keeping vigil in an Arizona hospital room, but that's just what he's doing in these newly released photos, the first of Giffords since the shooting. The two photos, which show her hand being held by Kelly in her hospital room, "tell the story quite well by themselves," writes Mark Memmott at NPR. Read These Next Matt Damon on being 'canceled': It 'just never ends.' Greenland is less cash cow and more money pit. It's a first in the world of speedskating. It's a largely invisible nightmare for many families. Report an error