The young victim's aunt said the 11-year-old put blood on herself and played dead, 'she did what she had to to survive.'
UVALDE, Texas -- As gunfire rang out in her fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary on awards day at school, 11-year-old Miah Cerillo put blood on herself and played dead, according to her aunt.
On the day of the shooting, Rivera spoke to ABC13 while her niece was at the hospital about five hours away being treated for the bullet fragments that hit her back."With all the blood on her clothes and everything that just means she wanted to survive," Rivera said in an interview on Thursday."She did what she had to to survive... pretended to be dead.
Rivera explained to her children what happened to Miah on Tuesday night. She said her son cried during the moment of silence at school the next day thinking about how he could have lost his cousin. "I know it's going to be hard for her that all her friends are gone," Gabriela said."Her teachers... like she was just kind of by herself at that time when it happened. I know my grandma was there for her.""Only God knows that," Rivera said."Only God can answer that question. We just thank Him that she was the one. She has a story to tell."
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