Virginia teacher reflects on year since she was shot by student
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Elementary school teacher Abby Zwerner has had a traumatic year since being shot by her 6-year-old student.
A resilient Abby Zwerner is opening up about the trauma and struggles she has endured in the year since her then-6-year-old student intentionally shot her inside her Richneck Elementary School classroom in Virginia.
“This past year has definitely changed me,” said Zwerner during a conversation at her attorney's office this week ahead of the one-year anniversary of the shooting. “I was diagnosed with PTSD. [My] anxiety has raised. [My] depression has raised, and that really takes a toll on me emotionally.”
Zwerner, 26, was sitting at the reading table in her classroom on Jan. 6, 2023, when one of her first-grade students walked up to her, aimed a gun at her and pulled the trigger. The bullet barreled through Zwerner’s hand, pierced her chest, and caused her lung to collapse.
Zwerner spent weeks in the hospital and underwent several surgeries. She said she thought she was going to die.
Scripps News Norfolk
