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 played 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 taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she was just crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I believe every thing came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her mates and classmates had been additionally targeted.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was lifeless," mentioned 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 filled with blood and she obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we just have to hope and ask God to help us move forward by this case, I know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Almost everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they begin coping with the tragedy.