Diane Sawyer Gets First Sit-Down With Gabby Giffords

ABC special on congresswoman's recovery to air Nov. 14

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/12/2011 1:29:47 PM

Diane Sawyer will sit down with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly to discuss Giffords' recovery from a near-fatal injury for an ABC News special to air in November.

The broadcast will follow Giffords' recovery from the shootings that killed six people and injured her and others at a constituent event in Tucson last January, as well as her relationship with Kelly, a Space Shuttle commander.

The Sawyer special will air on Monday, Nov. 14 at 10 p.m. in conjunction with the publication of Giffords' memoir Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope being published by Scribner the following day.