Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother said the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and she was simply crying, like 'I feel it simply hit Miah. I think all the pieces came to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates had been also focused.

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

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was useless," mentioned Rivera. "It's 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 she or he acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the family is rallying around Miah to assist her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer ahead by this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everyone within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.