it. >> brought it on yourself. all right, moving on now. a washington state third grader who accidentally shot a classmate has now written a pretty striking letter of apology to her. >> amina bowman nearly died that february day. but this week, she finally left the hospital. and there's hope that the letter will help heal both of if children. >> absolutely. keith eldridge of our seattle station komo has more. >> reporter: "dear amina. i'm sorry i hurt you because i brought a gun to school. i did not mean for anybody to get hurt." so begins the letter written by the third grade boy who had a gun in his back pac go off, striking bowman. >> he was ordered to write the letter by the court but it was a real good thing for him when he did it. >> why is that? >> he has guilt over what happened to amina. he never intended that to happen. >> reporter: the boy goes on to say, "i wish no one got hurt. i wish you were out of the hospital playing basketball and going back to school." part of that wish came true as she walked out of the hospital. the boy watched it on the news. >> yeah, he watched that. that was a -- yesterday was a good day to see that actually