Singer Jesse Hughes was on stage on the Bataclan live performance corridor in Paris on November 13, 2015, when gunmen began firing on the gang and set off explosives.
This week, he was again in Paris to testify on the trial of 20 males accused of finishing up the wave of assaults.
"I forgive them," he stated afterward. "It is necessary to forgive."
The lead singer of the American band Eagles of Loss of life Steel advised the courtroom concerning the shock the band felt because the attackers burst via the doorways and opened hearth with computerized weapons. The band escaped via a aspect door, however their tour supervisor was killed.
After his courtroom look, Hughes stated: "I really feel higher. I used to be surrounded by the love and my buddies right here in France, and love wins."
Amongst these on trial is the alleged tenth member of the 10-man commando believed to have carried out the assaults, Salah Abdeslam. He was the one survivor.
Abdeslam has already appeared in courtroom and stated he selected to not set off his suicide vest that night time. He fled to Belgium, the place he was caught a number of months later.
"I didn't kill anybody, and I didn't damage anybody. Not even a scratch," Abdeslam stated in a brief deal with to the courtroom earlier than questioning started in February.
Final October, a month after the prolonged trial opened, it was the flip of some 300 survivors to inform their tales. Recognized by solely their first names, these on the Bataclan spoke of the fear they felt as they tried to cover, or dropped to the ground, because the taking pictures continued, and plenty of concert-goers have been taken hostage.
Clarisse was simply 24 when she went to the rock live performance that night time. She advised the courtroom how she smashed via the ceiling within the bogs and hid for 4 hours whereas the taking pictures continued.
Edith hid within the balcony of the Bataclan, listening to the pictures, the cries, telephones ringing, and the explosion as one of many attackers set off his suicide vest.
American caterer Helen begged one gunman in English "please cease" – he moved away, however her buddy Nick was already lifeless.
Irmine stated the bouncer within the Bataclan live performance corridor took her arm and urged her to run because the attackers reloaded their weapons. Cedric advised how he needed to stroll over lifeless our bodies to flee.
Abdeslam, who's in custody in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of a Paris jail, is the one one of many accused who's on trial for homicide. He's additionally charged with tried homicide, terrorist affiliation and extra.The trial continues.