Uvalde: Robb Elementary School Massacre Injured Student AJ Martinez Returns to School

He saw the shooter come into the classroom and heard him say “good night” to his teacher before firing a barrage of shots from his assault-style rifle.AJ also heard Law Enforcement Officers Outside Corridor 77 minutes from when the gunman enters a small-town school until he is finally confronted and killed.

AJ left school that day with someone’s blood on his face from lying on the floor with the dead and injured. Since then he has been sad, angry and scared. And he has done a lot of physical therapy.

“I had a good night’s sleep,” he told CNN, referring to the murder of his teachers, Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, and the 19 children lost along with the words, “My teachers and classmates forever.” He was wearing a maroon T-shirt with our picture on it.

Robb Elementary School is closed And its students are dispersed to other institutions and virtual schools. The 4th graders who graduated were always able to move, but it’s still hard.

“I’m nervous because I’m not used to this school.”

It was his decision to return to face-to-face schooling, said his mother Cassandra Chavez.

“I’m just nervous,” she said. “I’m just trying to support him. That’s all I can do.”

AJ's mother, Cassandra Chavez, says she is doing her best to support AJ and her two other children.

Chavez wore a “Uvalde Strong” T-shirt honoring the victims and all those left behind.Many of the staff at AJ’s new school also wore Robb Elementary’s maroon and white .

AJ said he wasn’t sure if he would make new friends at his new school, Flores Elementary. His smile disappeared for a moment when he was asked about the kids who wear shirts, the kids who can’t go back to school.

AJ has his first day at Flores Elementary School.

In July, his mother told CNN the advice she gave him when he got angry that he would never see his teachers and classmates again.

“You have to be strong,” Chavez said.

So, wearing their image proudly on their chest, AJ prepared for school.

And with the excitement and anxiety of his first day, he entered fifth grade.

CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman reported this article from Uvalde, Texas, and Rachel Clarke wrote from Atlanta.

Source: www.cnn.com

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