Daniel Hernandez

The intern who rushed to Arizona’s Gabrielle Gifford’s side after she was shot in the head outside a Tucson supermarket has now been elected to a Tucson-area school board.

Daniel Hernández Jr., who propped up Gifford’s head in a move that is credited with helping save her life, won the race for school board member in Arizona’s...

Growing up in Tucson, the son of a Mexican mom and a Mexican American dad, Daniel Hernandez wanted to be a doctor, someone who helps people in dire need. By the time he’d been bitten by the politics bug and joined Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ campaign, he had no idea that the nursing assistant training course he’d taken in high school...

In an interview with Fox News Latino, Daniel Hernández, the 20-year-old intern who saved  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' life, opened up about Saturday's tragic shooting and how he kept his wits about him.

“My main goal was to try to make sure the congresswoman and everyone was ok," the University of Arizona junior said. "When I saw injured people I tried to tend to...