4th grade Uvalde survivor: 'I don't want it to happen again'
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June 8, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate's blood to avoid being shot and "just stayed quiet."
Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary School, told lawmakers in a prerecorded video that she watched a teacher get shot in the head before looking for a place to hide.
"I thought he would come back so I covered myself with blood," Miah told the House panel. "I put it all over me and I just stayed quiet." She called 911 usi...
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