Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School 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.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel all the pieces came to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her mates and classmates had been also targeted.

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

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she might faux she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her good friend full of blood and she or he obtained 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 family is rallying around Miah to assist her get better physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us transfer ahead by means of this case, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Nearly everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they start coping with the tragedy.