A Robb Elementary School shooting victim left wounded by a gunman who lived just blocks away from her is getting a new home.
Mayah Zamora, a member of the robotics club and an Honor Roll student, was struck in the hands, arms, chest and back during the shooting inside her Uvalde elementary school on May 24. She was hospitalized for 66 days, during which time she underwent 20 surgeries.
In the days and weeks after the classroom carnage, she was told 19 of her classmates and two of her teachers were killed in the gunfire. The 10-year-old also learned the accused gunman, Salvador Ramos, lived near the residence she shared with her parents, triggering an anxiety that made it far too difficult for her to return home upon her release from San Antonio's University Health.
Mayah Zamora, a survivor of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, throws out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Houston. (David J. Phillip/)
She was the last of the school shooting victims to leave the hospital - but the cheers from loved ones and staff at the medical facility were drowned out by the stress growing inside her.
In response, former Astros shortstop Carlos Correa revealed his nonprofit organization, the Correa Family Foundation, has secured the funding necessary to build Mayah and her family a new home anywhere they'd like. It will be fully furnished.
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny and his Good Bunny Foundation and TokenSociety.io co-founders James and Korrine Whipkey, Scott H. Weissman and Allen P. Lu also provided support to the cause.
Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa, left, talks with Mayah Nicole Zamora, a survivor of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, before a baseball game against the Houston Astros Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Houston. (David J. Phillip/)
"After everything she went through, the battle she went through and now she's here with us," Correa told MLB.com.
"We want to celebrate life and celebrate her life. She's here with us and we're here to support her all the way through. It's not just by helping with the house, but helping with whatever they need."
Earlier this week, Mayah got a chance to meet the two-time All-Star before throwing out the opening pitch to kick off a Houston Astros game at Minute Maid Park. The game marked Correa's first time back in Houston since he signed in the offseason with the Minnesota Twins.