Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed dead 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 called me and she was just crying, like 'I feel it simply hit Miah. I believe everything came to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her mates and classmates were additionally focused.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was dead," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her pal filled with blood and she received blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us move ahead through this case, I do know it's traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everyone within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody in the mass capturing at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they begin coping with the tragedy.