Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old lady 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 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 believe it simply hit Miah. I think the whole lot got here to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her buddies and classmates have been additionally focused.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was dead," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her buddy full of blood and she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

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

Nearly everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.