(CNN) -- Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head during a shooting rampage in January, appeared in her first television interview late Monday night, clearly understanding the questions put to her but able to respond only in simple words. "I cried," she told ABC's Diane Sawyer in response to a question about how she felt when her husband told her what had happened. "Died," she said. "Sad," said her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly. "Sad," Giffords agreed. "I cried. A lot of people died." She said she has no memory of the incident. "That day is gone?" Sawyer asked.
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NEW: Giffords doesn't remember the shooting, she says
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NEW: Giffords felt like a "zombie" on the flight to Houston
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NEW: Her neurosurgeon describes the stunning recovery to CNN
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Jared Loughner is charged with wounding her and 12 others and killing six
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