3 months after her miraculous escape, the court ruled a school in the US state of Virginia, $ 40 million in financial compensation, as a result of a 6-year-old shooting her inside the classroom.
And in the details; According to the British Daily Mail newspaper, the teacher, Abigail Zwirner, 25, was shot by a child in her classroom, on January 6, 2023, after she had warned the administration of the Reichnik Public Elementary School in Newport News – Virginia, that he was carrying a weapon. He had a firearm in his sleeve, but the school administration did not take action to ensure public safety. The teacher indicated that “only divine providence protected her,” and she claimed – judicially – against the school and the officials who informed them of the presence of weapons and did not search the child properly, with the result that she was almost killed.
According to the investigations, which the newspaper reviewed, the child mentioned to his friends that he was carrying a firearm in his bag, so they told the teacher, who in turn informed the officials, but instead of removing him from the classroom and saving the children and the teacher, it was enough to search his bag without searching him personally, as the deputy principal prevented No teacher from searching him, under the pretext that his pockets are too small. When the deputy principal and the observers left, the child took out the gun from his shirt and shot the teacher, and she was hit in one of her arms.
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