Teacher who survived Oregon school shooting recounts being shot, pretending to be dead to survive
Becky Drury, a teacher wounded in a recent school shooting in Oregon, released a statement clarifying that she was shot before she could intervene. The incident resulted in the deaths of three children and another teacher, with the shooter being killed by an armed bystander.
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The account provides a firsthand perspective on a tragic school shooting, highlighting the ongoing debate regarding school safety and gun violence in the U.S.
Becky Drury, the 54-year-old teacher wounded in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school last week, is sharing a statement about her experience, saying the gunman shot her before she had "any chance to act."In the statement Wednesday, Drury recalled running to see what was happening outside her classroom at Silver Rail Elementary School before spotting the shooter."I turned to shut the door behind me, but the shooter was already there," Drury wrote. "Before I could do anything more, he shot me at close range and I fell to the ground.""Lying on the floor, I saw that my left hand was almost completely severed from the gunshot, and my other arm was also severely injured," she continued. "I could not get up, defend myself, or protect anyone else.
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