They wore plain clothes and bore messages like Unbreakable on their arms.
Wouldnt it be powerful if the survivors in the film performed?
She flew out to Los Angeles the same day and the group began rehearsals Friday.
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She pushed her production team aside and spoke to us.
She told us we were not just bodies on a stage.
We were there as a support system to her.
Right before we went on, Gaga came over and talked to us again, Sandhu says.
It was her show but she made a point to say, Its our show.
She wanted this to be something where we healed.
Ziering, who sat in the theater next to Warren and Greenberg, says the audience was speechless.
You could hear a pin drop.
It was the only song that got a standing ovation.
Sandhu says the group of survivors didnt fully realize the impact the performance would have during rehearsals.
So many survivors never come forward and the way societys structured, its so hard to speak out.
For Sandhu and the rest of the survivors, the night didnt end after the performance.
Biden asked the group to stick around after the ceremony so he could meet each of them in person.
He made personal phone calls to peoples parents, called peoples friends, says Sandhu.
Thats not something we want to think about very long.
For survivors to feel supported, believed and part of the community, validated thats huge.
