Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

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

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I believe everything got here to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her mates and classmates were also focused.

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

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was useless," said Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene over and over, but that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her buddy filled with blood and she obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us transfer forward through this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Nearly everyone in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.