Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath 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 cope and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I believe every little thing got here to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her pals and classmates have been additionally focused.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

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

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

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us move ahead via this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Almost everyone within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.