Miah Cerrillo survived the massacre of Uvalde pretending to be dead after rubbing herself with the blood of a dying schoolmate. The family of the 11-year-old American told the local press, adding that now the girl is in shock: “She spends the night in fear, telling her father to take the gun because the man will come to get us”.
Following the tragedy, Miah was transported to the hospital and discharged shortly thereafter. On her body she bears the wounds of a tragic: the left side of the young woman, from the neck to the back, was lacerated by small fragments of the bullet, while her hair was burned by the shots.
The Uvalde massacre
According to the survivor herself after that Salvador Ramos broke into her classroom and killed her classmates and teachers, the girl came up with a survival technique: she lay down on top of her friend so that Ramos thought they were both dead. At first, her partner was still breathing, but then she would die before help arrived.
Meanwhile, in the US, the controversy arises over the alleged delays in rescues and the intervention of the police: the perpetrator of the massacre would in fact have remained inside the elementary school for at least an hour before a team of law enforcement officers killed him . According to Reuters reports, the latest official details from Texas Department of Public Safety they set a more precise scenario than what happened than initial police reports and raise doubts about school security measures and the rapid response of the police force.
The Uvalde School District, about 80 miles (130 km) west of San Antonio, takes a precautionary measure to close all entrances, including classroom doors. But a student told Reuters that some doors had been left open on the day of the shooting, Tuesday, to allow parents to come and go as it was an awards day. A new detailed timeline also comes from videos showing desperate parents outside Robb Elementary School during the attack. Some parents asked the policemen to act, and some fathers had to be detained by the police themselves.
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