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Uvalde: 11-year-old survivor says she smeared herself with friend’s blood

Guardian, 09 Jun 2022
An 11-year-old survivor of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas testified before the House oversight committee on Wednesday, as lawmakers continued to debate gun control legislation after a series of devastating mass shootings.
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Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at the Uvalde school, recounted how she watched as her teacher and friends were shot and acted quickly to save herself. Miah covered herself in a friend’s blood and played dead until she was able to reach her teacher’s phone and call police

Uvalde survivor, 11, tells House hearing she smeared herself with friend’s blood ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/08/us-house-hearing-gun-violence-survivors-testify-miah-cerrillo

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