Abigail Zwerner, the first-grade teacher from Virginia who was shot in January by one of her 6-year-old students, spoke exclusively with TODAY about what happened that day, and how she's doing now.
"There’s some things that I’ll never forget. And I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," she added."That’s something that I will never forget. It’s changed me. It’s changed my life."
"I didn’t know at the time that my lung had collapsed, but I started not being able to breathe, very raspy breaths, and my vision started going out," Zwerner said."I remember I went to the office and I just passed out. I thought I had died." But, you know, for goin’ through what I’ve gone through, I try to stay positive," she continued."You know, try to have a positive outlook on what’s happened and where my future’s heading."he will not be pressing charges against the childZwerner's attorney, Diane Toscano, has also said in a news conference and in a letter of intent to file a lawsuit sent to the Newport News School Board that with concerns around the student's behavior.
“I can tell you there were failures on multiple levels in this case, and there were adults that were in positions of authority that could have prevented this tragedy from happening and did not,” Toscano said, adding that she intends to file a complaint in two weeks.
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