Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless 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 through the shooting.

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

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her mates and classmates were also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her good friend full of blood and she or he acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to assist us move forward by way of this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Practically everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they start coping with the tragedy.