The family of a girl who survived Tuesday's Texas school shooting by covering herself in blood is crowdfunding for her therapy and medical treatment.
The nation continues to mourn the tragic events that occurred in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.
On Tuesday morning, an 18-year-old gunman - named by authorities as Salvador Ramos - entered Robb Elementary School carrying a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, and high-capacity magazines. After opening fire on a classroom, he ultimately killed 19 children between the ages of nine and 11 and two teachers.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that one of the students inside the classroom survived after covering herself with blood.
In an interview with NBC Los Angeles, the aunt and godmother of 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo recalled how the youngster made it through the horrific ordeal alive.
"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," godmother Blanca Rivera said. "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her friend full of blood and she got blood and put it on herself."
Rivera also explained that the child is struggling to cope with the trauma of what happened.
"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality now,'" Rivera said.
Blanca Rivera explained how her 11-year-old niece made it through the attack alive, and how she is struggling to cope with the trauma of what she witnessed.
"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality now,'" she said.
Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, and many of her classmates were killed in the deadly attack.
Now, Miah's mom has started a GoFundMe in order to help her daughter through the trauma of what she experienced.
"Hello my name is Abigale [Veloz] my daughter is [Miah Cerrillo] she is a survivora from the Uvalde school shooting," the mom writes on the crowdfunding page. "Her class room was one of the main rooms that got targeted. [With] that [being] said we are asking if people could please donate to her Gofundme she will need a lot of help with all the trauma that she is going through.
"My daughter is amazing person and is a very good sister to her siblings," Cerrillo writes, before adding: "We will need help with her medical expenses that were caused by the bullet fragment on her back."
As of this writing, more than $340,000 has been raised from nearly 9,000 donations.
Our thoughts continue to go out to everybody affected by this horrendous tragedy...
