NY. Teacher suffers a miscarriage after trying to break up a school fight

Bronx teacher had a miscarriage Wednesday after she was hit trying to break up a fight between two students, sources and students told the Daily News.
The teacher, who was four months pregnant, was teaching her fifth period Spanish class at Exploration Academy in the Claremont section of the Bronx when the assault occurred.
A student arrived five minutes late, walked up to another student who was already seated and told him to get out of his desk, students said.
When the seated student refused, the conflict escalated and the teacher tried to intervene. She was accidentally elbowed in the stomach and fell to the ground, crying.
“I can’t believe it,” said Amaury Lopez, 17, a student at the school. “I can’t believe she lost her child over a fight over a chair.”
The teacher was taken to North Central Hospital, where she miscarried. The two students involved in the incident have been suspended.

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“If I could talk to her, I would say I’m so sorry for your loss,” said Jose Vasquez, 17, a junior at the school. “I’m just furious right now.”
Students said the teacher was “like a counselor” to lots of students.
“All the students love her and our wishes go out to her,” said O’Neil Jones, 16, junior. “This is a super nice woman we’re talking about.”
“This is a very sad incident and my heart goes out to [the teacher] and her family,” Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott said in a statement.

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