Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

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 useless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed through the shooting.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel every little thing came to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her mates and classmates have been additionally focused.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was useless," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her good friend stuffed with blood and she acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, stated 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 assist us move forward by this example, I know it's traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they start coping with the tragedy.