Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the capturing.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think all the pieces got here to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her friends and classmates have been additionally focused.

Rivera mentioned that's when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was dead," said Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her buddy stuffed with blood and he or she obtained blood and put it on herself."

Miah was injured however taken to the hospital and has been launched.

"My brother mentioned she had bullet fragments in her back," said Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the family is rallying around Miah to help her recuperate bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to help us move forward through this situation, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Practically everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.