Through GouFundMe, the families of the surviving children of the atrocious shooting carried out by Salvador Ramos a week ago at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, seek to raise money for trauma therapy and other medical expenses.
After the young man of 18 years entered the campus and opened fire on everyone he saw, causing the death of 19 minors and two teachers, the children described the anguish they experienced after witnessing that massacre.
Some students pretended to be dead and stained themselves with the blood of other of their deceased classmates to survive the hour-long gunfight, while others hid in silence, hushing their sobs as the hail of bullets passed.
The authorities received several desperate calls, begging them to “please send help now”, while more than a dozen officers took a long time to confront Ramos in the room where he barricaded himself.
In addition, there are still other wounded, who were hit by bullets or fragments of these, who are still recovering from their physical ailments.
It is for all this that several relatives of the survivors have turned to GoFundMe to support their children, friends and family to go through an extraordinary level of emotional and physical trauma.
Among the pages that have been created, there is one for Miah Cerrillo, of 11 years old, who saw the armed man walk into his classroom, look his teacher in the eye and say “Good night” before shooting and killing her
Subsequently, Salvador Ramos opened fire on his companions, killing several in moments. Miah’s grandfather, José Veloz, told The New York Times that her grandson dipped her hand in the blood of a murdered classmate and smeared it on his face to prevent Ramos from shooting him. In addition, he called 911 multiple times as the attacker entered an adjoining classroom.
Her mother told the press that Miah’s hair is now falling out in clumps and she has difficulty sleeping at night.
Her older sister, Laura Holcek, created another GoFundMe page for Noah Orona, age 10, who like Miah told his parents that he pretended to be dead while watching his teacher die while trying to protect another student. try to protect another student and die.
The minor survived being shot in the back, with a bullet exiting through his shoulder.
For his part, Texas Governor Greg Abbott also opened a mental health hotline for people directly affected by the shooting, as well as support services for family care and a donation page for the Uvalde community.