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Watch: Uvalde student who survived school shooting by playing dead recounts horrors of the day

Miah Cerrillo, 11, student at Robb Elementary School, told the US Congress that she called 911 using her dead teacher’s phone to ask for help.

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Jun 09, 2022 · 04:00 pm

Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grader who survived the Uvalde shooting by smearing a dead classmate’s blood on herself, described the attack to Congress. “He shot my friend that was next to me,” she said. “And I thought he would come back to the room.” https://t.co/u9of8xocf5 pic.twitter.com/Fh1LS4HyHW

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