Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed during the capturing.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think all the pieces got here to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her friends and classmates had been additionally focused.

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was dead," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her pal stuffed with blood and she or he got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, said the household is rallying around Miah to assist her recover physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to help us transfer ahead by way of this example, I know it is traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Almost everyone in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.