Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless 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 in the course of the shooting.

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

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her associates and classmates had been also focused.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her pal filled with blood and he or she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the family is rallying round Miah to assist her get better physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us transfer forward by means of this situation, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Practically everyone within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.