An 11-year-old Uvalde, Texas pupil reportedly coated herself in blood and performed lifeless to be able to keep away from the gunman throughout Tuesday’s capturing.
Blanca Rivera, an aunt of Robb Fundamental fourth grader Miah Cerrillo, instructed KRPC-TV the lady was once simply seeking to keep away from being shot. The kid nonetheless suffered bullet fragment accidents to her again throughout the capturing.
“My sister-in-law stated is that [Miah] noticed her good friend filled with blood, and she or he were given blood and put it on herself,” Rivera stated.
The times for the reason that capturing had been tricky for the lady, her father Miguel Cerrillo instructed Fox Information Virtual.
Even if she went to the clinic for her accidents and was once launched the similar evening, the surprise of the enjoy hit her later, the aunt stated.
“Round nighttime, my sister-in-law referred to as me and she or he was once simply crying like, ‘I feel it simply hit Miah. I feel the whole thing got here to truth. We’re house, and she or he’s simply crying and having a panic assault,’” Rivera stated.
Miah’s trainer, Irma Garcia, was once one among two instructors who died within the assault, Rivera instructed KXAS-TV. Nineteen youngsters additionally perished, making it the second-deadliest college capturing on report. The mass capturing at Sandy Hook Fundamental Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut left 26 folks lifeless in 2012.
Miah’s tale is very similar to the survival story of a 6-year-old woman who performed lifeless throughout the Sandy Hook assault. That kid additionally coated herself “from head to toe with blood,” her pastor Jim Solomon instructed ABC Information in 2012.
Rivera stated she is taking a look to prayer and religion to “transfer ahead” during the tragedy in her group.
“I realize it’s traumatizing and having an 11-year-old undergo this, I will’t believe what she’s feeling,” Rivera instructed KPRC-TV.
