Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed dead 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 throughout the capturing.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was simply crying, like 'I feel it simply hit Miah. I think every little thing got here to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera mentioned Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her friends and classmates have been additionally focused.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

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

Rivera, a mother of three, said the family is rallying around Miah to help her recover physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us move forward by way of this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Almost everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they begin dealing with the tragedy.