NASW-NJ Blog

Remembering Gabe Zimmerman, MSW

It was January 10, 2011 that Gabe Zimmerman, MSW, a much respected aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and Chairperson of PACE of NASW, Arizona Chapter, was killed in a mass shooting in which 19 people were shot, six fatally, and the congresswoman injured.

Zimmerman was community outreach director for Giffords and had worked for the congresswoman since she took office in January 2007. He was the first congressional staff member in the nation’s history to be killed in the line of duty. In his memory, Gabe's friends and associates held a six-mile hike on South Mountain near Phoenix, Ariz. He was an avid outsdoorsman and his friends thought a hike was an ideal way to honor him.

Click here to read NASW's January 10, 2011 press release on the loss of Gabe Zimmerman.

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Thanks.

Walter Kalman
NASW-NJ Executive Director