Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

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

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed during the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I believe every thing came to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera mentioned Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her buddies and classmates had been additionally focused.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was dead," said Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed 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 launched.

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us move forward via this example, I do know it's traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Nearly everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.