Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

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

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

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and she was just crying, like 'I believe it just hit Miah. I think every part got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her associates and classmates were also focused.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she might pretend she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, but that is what my sister-in-law stated 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 launched.

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

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the household is rallying around Miah to help her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us move forward through this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.