Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: 'I thought I had died'

 

March 22, 2023



NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day.

"I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie about the student. "It's changed me. It's changed my life."

She said she's still in shock and can't make sense of it, in a portion of the interview that aired Tuesday morning on "Today."

"I'm not sure when the shock w...



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