Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary School 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 through the capturing.

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

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her associates and classmates were additionally targeted.

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

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may faux she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her pal filled with blood and she received blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to help us transfer ahead via this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they begin dealing with the tragedy.