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Oregon Teacher Disputes Account of Her Heroism During School Shooting

Becky Drury, who was said to have shielded a student during a deadly shooting in Bend, refuted the account. “The truth is I was shot before I had any chance to act.”

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Becky Drury, the 54-year-old teacher wounded in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school last week, says she was shot before she had "any chance to act."

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The Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, is in its aftermath: 16-year-old former student Griffin J John II killed three children and one teacher, wounded two others, and was fatally shot by parent Kaylub Giamanco; police continue to investigate a motive, while wounded teacher Becky Drury has disputed early accounts that she shielded a student and Giamanco has publicly described confronting the gunman.

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Teacher who survived Oregon school shooting recounts playing dead

Becky Drury, the 54-year-old teacher wounded in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school last week, says she was shot before she had "any chance to act."

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