Letter of apology to Amina Bowman, 8. Image: Kitsap County Court
A 9-year-old boy in Bremerton, Wash.
wrote a letter apologizing to a classmate who was seriously wounded
after a gun discharged from his backpack, lodging a bullet in her spine.
The handwritten letter was addressed to Amina Bowman, 8, who was
released from the hospital on Tuesday. The boy's name has not been made
public.
"I'm sorry I hurt you because I brought a gun to school. I did not mean
for any one to get hurt," the boy wrote. "I wish everyone was okay. I
made a bad choice."
Six weeks after being airlifted to Harborview Medical Center, small milestones mark Amina's recovery.
A taste of soup, those first steps, and a brownie milk shake after being
discharged from the hospital are all progress that her mother posts on
her Facebook page.
"What a great day!!!" Teri Bowman wrote under a picture of her smiling daughter before she came home from the hospital.
On Feb. 22. Amina was shot during class at Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton.
"I made a bad choice. I was sad, scared and afraid and I did not solve
my problem well," the boy told her in his letter. "I will stay
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