Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played useless 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 in the course of the taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I believe everything got here to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

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

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her good friend full of blood and she or he obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, stated the family is rallying round Miah to help her get better physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us transfer forward by this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Almost everyone in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they start dealing with the tragedy.