Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother said the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I think the whole lot came to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates were additionally targeted.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may faux she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her buddy full of blood and she obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the family is rallying round Miah to help her recuperate bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we simply have to pray and ask God to assist us move ahead through this case, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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