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[quote=Anonymous]This poor woman...
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Zwerner is a former first-grade teacher who was shot in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va. She was 25 at the time of the shooting, per CBS News.

Zwerner loved teaching and recalled to Today the first time she walked into her classroom.

"It was amazing. It was the moment that you had been waiting for," she said. "This is what I've been practicing. This is what I've studied. It's finally here."

On Jan. 6, 2023, Zwerner was shot in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School.

According to a March 2023 Today interview, the teacher was sitting at a table reading to her students when the student pulled the trigger and shot her. The bullet went through her left hand and lodged itself in her chest, where it still remains.

"I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," she told Today.

Despite being shot, Zwerner was still able to escort her students out of her classroom. She then went to the school office, where she passed out. Her lung had collapsed because of the bullet, according to The New York Times.[/quote]

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