OAKLAND, Calif. - It's been a little over a week since a beloved Castlemont High School math teacher from Oakland was killed in a crash that stemmed from a California Highway Patrol chase.

On Thursday, for the first time, Marvin Boomer's loved ones – including his romantic partner whom he was walking with that night and whose life he saved – are opening up about their grief, the crash, and the legacy he leaves behind.

‘Without a doubt, he saved my life’

"I feel really weird about surviving, mixed emotions about surviving," Nina Woodruff told KTVU, her arm in a sling, her left eye still bruised. "And I'm also grateful for the gift he gave me."

Woodruff, the deputy CEO at the Black Cultural Zone and former executive director of the Museum of Children's ART, was talking about the mome

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