Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played 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 during the shooting.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel all the pieces got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

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

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was useless," said Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her buddy stuffed with blood and she got blood and put it on herself."

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

"My brother mentioned she had bullet fragments in her back," 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 point, we just have to pray and ask God to assist us transfer forward through this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they start dealing with the tragedy.