EXCLUSIVE: Abigail Zwerner, the first-grade teacher from Virginia who was shot by one of her students, spoke for the first time to TODAY’s SavannahGuthrie about her experience, what she would tell her students and what gives her hope.
by one of her students, spoke for the first time to TODAY about what happened that day, and how she's doing now.
Zwerner said she raised her left hand before her 6-year-old student fired, sending a bullet through the hand and then her chestZwerner said Jan. 6 began as a regular school day, but she started hearing things"that made my fear grow" before her student pulled out a firearm. Steve Drew, the chief of police at Newport News Police Department, said that Zwerner had a classroom full of first graders when one of the students took out a handgun, which his mother had legally obtained."In that moment, my initial reaction was, 'Your kids need to get out of here ... and then you need to go find help for yourself.' That was pretty shocking itself," she said of the shooting."But I just wanted to get my babies out of there.
Zwerner also shared an update on her recovery, saying some days have been grueling but she's tried to keep a positive perspective. Zwerner says she first sought an administrator's help that morning after the child threatened to beat up another student. According to Zwerner, a second teacher later went to an administrator and searched the boy's backpack.
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