Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath 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 manage and telling them what she witnessed throughout the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I believe the whole lot got here to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates have been also targeted.

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

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her pal stuffed with blood and she or he bought blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the family is rallying around Miah to help her recuperate bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer ahead by means of this case, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

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