Wounded Oregon teacher says she pretended to be dead

Becky Drury, a teacher wounded in the October 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, said she pretended to be dead after the gunman shot her at close range, leaving her unable to move or protect herself or others. In a statement released Wednesday, Drury said she heard a disturbance, went to investigate and saw the attacker before running back toward her classroom. As she turned to close the door, she said, the shooter was already there and shot her before she could do anything else. Drury said her left hand was almost completely severed and her other arm was badly injured. Unable to get up, she stayed motionless in the hope the gunman would not shoot her again. She said she was shot before she had any chance to act and could not protect anyone after being wounded. Her statement addressed accounts suggesting she had thrown herself over a student. Drury said she wanted the events and her actions reported accurately. The sequence of events involving her and the student has not been independently established in the accounts of the attack. The shooting killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and teacher Megan Lambert, 25. Another student was critically...