Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

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 played dead 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 during the capturing.

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

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates had been additionally focused.

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

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over, but that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her pal filled with blood and she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the household is rallying around Miah to assist her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to pray and ask God to assist us transfer ahead via this case, I know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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