Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

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 performed 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 taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I believe it just hit Miah. I think all the things got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her pals and classmates have been also targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

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

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

"At this level, we just have to wish and ask God to help us move ahead via this example, I do know it's traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

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