A former Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in 2023 says she thought she died that day. Abby Zwerner testified Thursday in a $40 million lawsuit accusing a former assistant principal of ignoring warnings that the student had a gun hours before she was shot. Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest at a Newport News elementary school. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and required six surgeries. Zwerner testified she thought was either on her way to heaven or in heaven. She then saw two co-workers applying pressure to her wounds. Zwerner no longer works for the school district.