Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College 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 manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was just crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I think everything got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her pals and classmates had been also focused.

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her pal stuffed with blood and she got 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 again," mentioned Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, said the household 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 this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start dealing with the tragedy.