Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

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

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and he or she was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I feel everything got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her pals and classmates had been additionally focused.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was useless," said Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her pal stuffed with blood and she acquired blood and put it on herself."

Miah was injured but taken to the hospital and has been released.

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the household is rallying around Miah to assist her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us transfer ahead by way of this case, I know it is traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Almost everyone within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they start coping with the tragedy.