Arnulfo Reyes, who has been a teacher for 17 years, said he was shot twice during the second-most deadly school shooting in US history – 19 children and two teachers were killed.
Speaking to ABC’s Good Morning America, he recalled that he was watching a movie with 11 of his students when he heard the sound of gunshots.
“It was going to be a good day,” Mr Reyes told ABC News. “There was nothing unusual that day, we were just walking back to the classroom … to watch the rest of the movie.”
While recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Mr Reyes spoke of several interactions with gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, on 24 May during the shooting at Robb Elementary School.