Republican US lawmaker Steve Scalise elates colleagues Thursday when he returns to Congress for the first time since being gravely wounded in a mass shooting at a June baseball practice.
A beaming Scalise draws loud cheers, fist bumps, and multiple prolonged standing ovations when he walks using crutches onto the floor of the House of Representatives and addresses the chamber, three and a half months after he nearly died in an attack that also wounded three others and shocked the nation.
“You have no idea how great this feels to be back at work in the people’s House,” Scalise tells the packed chamber in an emotional speech announcing his return to work.
“I’m definitely a living example that miracles really do happen.”
The 51-year-old lawmaker from the southern state of Louisiana faced what doctors described as an “imminent risk of death” when he was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound on June 14.
He was shot in the left hip with a high-velocity rifle wielded by a gunmen who stormed a congressional charity baseball game practice.
— AFP
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From 
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
