The Corsicana ISD administrator who suffered a serious eye injury after being attacked by a student spoke publicly about what happened.
Collins Intermediate School Assistant Principal Candra Rogers addressed the media on Tuesday morning and shared the details of her injury.She is now home recovering but has not yet returned to work.Rogers said she was injured by a student who had a violent outburst during the first week of school.She recalled hearing the school’s behavioral teacher call on the radio for assistance. When she arrived to help, the teacher and students were outside the classroom.
"After blocking a chair thrown at the other assistant principal, he threw a wooden hanger at me, but I couldn’t stop it fast enough. The hanger hit me in my right eye and knocked it out of the socket," she said. "I grabbed by face while blood was pouring out of my head and stumbled out of the classroom door."Rogers was ultimately airlifted to Parkland Medical Center in Dallas for surgery.
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