A year after she was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom, former teacher Abby Zwerner said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen, and wonders how they’re faring.

Wounded by a bullet that struck her hand and chest and punctured a lung, Zwerner rushed the other first-graders into the hallway before she collapsed in the elementary school’s office.

“I hope that they are enjoying school, enjoying their second-grade year,” Zwerner, 26, told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper. “I hope that they’re still kind to their classmates, kind to teachers. I hope that they still have happiness, and that their happiness wasn’t completely stripped away.”

  • JakenVeina
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    6 months ago

    Anyone else feel like the article title was rather clickbait-y?

    former teacher Abby Zwerner said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen, and wonders how they’re faring.

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      6 months ago

      It did at least draw me to the comments section to see the chatter, but no, I pretty much expected what you quoted.

      I guess it’s open enough to interpretation to be misleading. Do readers think she was worried the kid was going after them next? Do they think she was worried one more of the students would come after her?