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 played useless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother said the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed throughout the capturing.

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

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her friends and classmates have been also targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was useless," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her good friend filled with blood and she or he bought 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 help her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer ahead through this example, I do know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Nearly everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.