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 stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed through the capturing.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I feel all the things came to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her friends and classmates have been additionally focused.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was dead," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene over and over again, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her friend full of blood and she or he acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, said the family is rallying around Miah to assist her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to help us transfer ahead by way of 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 lack of somebody in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.