Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

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

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

Rivera stated Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates were also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was dead," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her buddy 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 released.

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

Rivera, a mother of three, mentioned the household is rallying around Miah to assist her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to hope and ask God to assist us move ahead through this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.