Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary Faculty 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 cope and telling them what she witnessed during the taking pictures.

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

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her mates and classmates were additionally focused.

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

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene over and over again, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her good friend full of blood and he or she acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us move ahead via this case, I know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Almost everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.