Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the capturing.

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

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

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she may faux she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, however that's what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her friend full of blood and he or she acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

"My brother said 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 physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to assist us transfer forward through this case, I know it is traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Nearly everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they begin coping with the tragedy.