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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. MY EARS, LIKE SWELLING. IT FELT LIKE A PINCH. LIKE A LITTLE ZAP. AYER DESCRIBES THE THREE STINGS SHE SUFFERED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SHE SAYS IT HAPPENED RIGHT WHEN SHE WAS ...

It did. The bee stings happened over at the loop behind me just as school was beginning this morning. The superintendent and the fire chief say that 40 students were stung. 40 students were stung.