Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre 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 stated the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the capturing.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her mates and classmates have been additionally targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her friend stuffed with blood and she or he received 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 back," stated Rivera.

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

"At this level, we just have to wish and ask God to assist us move ahead by means of this case, I do know it's traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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