Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel the whole lot came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera mentioned Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates were also focused.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her buddy filled with blood and she acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, said the household is rallying round Miah to help her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to help us transfer forward by means of this case, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Practically everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start dealing with the tragedy.