In Uvalde, he lost 11 students and was badly wounded. Now he looks for a path forward
On a recent evening, family and friends are coming and going from the green apple-colored Uvalde home of Robb Elementary School teacher Arnulfo "Arnie" Reyes.
The fourth-grade teacher, who has undergone about 10 surgeries, is resting in his recliner by his air conditioner on a hot Texas night.
"You need to come in, brother? You can come in," he tells his sibling at the door of the small home.
Moments earlier, a wave of visitors, who are part of a community "food train," brought Reyes and his family lasagna for this evening's meal. They also brought gifts, including a maroon and silver wreath, his school colors.
His mother, Rosemary Reyes, prepared her son's first meal home, his favorite of bean and cheese tacos.
She's part of a long list of people and things Reyes missed during his stay at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He returned from the hospital a month to the day of the shooting.
"I'm home to heal," the 45-year-old said.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/1109470664/uvalde-teacher-recovery-shooting
Gun nuts chase people like this from teaching.
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he managed to keep his sense of humor. 