Scalise calls it a ‘miracle’ he survived
WASHINGTON- House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in his first television interview since sustaining a near-fatal gunshot wound-lamented on the long-odds he overcame.
“It’s a miracle,” Scalise,” told CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday evening.
“If you look at what happened that morning. You know, a gunman came out with a lot of artillery-you know, just hell bent on killing a lot of us… If you would have said at the end of this, the only person that would be dead would be the shooter, nobody would believe it,” he added.
Scalise was shot at a Republican baseball practice on June 14 in Alexandria, Va. A congressional aide, a lobbyist and two U.S. Capitol Police officers assigned to protect the majority whip also were shot.
Scalise underwent several surgeries and blood transfusions before being released from the hospital in late July. Since that time he has been receiving rehabilitative therapy.
Scalise on Thursday returned to Congress and delivered an emotional speech on the House floor.
Both House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made brief remarks expressing their gratitude at Scalise’s return.
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