Gabriel Giffords

According to "Times" magazine Gabriel Giffords is one of the top 100 most inspirational person of 2010. Gabriel was a congress woman who was doing a speech in Tucson, Arizona when she was shot on the head. She was rushed to the hospital. This all happened in January, she is still recovering today. She is also the 3rd woman to be elected in Arizona to the U.S Congress

I don't really understand why she is concitered " inspirational ". The magazines doesn't really say anything except for that she was shot. I understand that she is having a fast recovery buti think these things are sadly happening everyday. So does that mean that if I got shot in the head I would be on this list. I think it is cool that she was the3 rd woman to be a U.S Congress woman but I don't think she should be on this list.