Six months after hundreds of concertgoers were killed during the devastating terrorist attack at Nova Music Festival, where Hamas militants invaded the event, remnants left behind are on display in New York City as part of an immersive exhibition titled The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: October 7th 06:29AM.
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00:00He was shot twice. The first time, after he was taken care of, he went back to the place.
00:07He saved more lives.
00:11Matan Lior died a hero, saving over 100 people before Hamas terrorists shot him.
00:17Matan is over one of 350 people who lost their lives at the Nova Music Festival in Israel.
00:23I know as a mom that I want my daughter's story to be known.
00:29I know I want people to know about her.
00:32Survivors and producers of the October 7th massacre came together in New York City
00:36to talk about the tragedy that unfolded that day.
00:39So we had to hide under bodies, dead bodies, to shield ourselves from the grenades,
00:44and that's what really kept us alive. The nine of us that survived out of the 40,
00:49we survived from hiding under these bodies.
00:52I saw a bomb shelter. We almost got in. Lucky we didn't. Like, everybody that was
01:00that tried to save their life in the bomb shelter died afterwards from
01:08the hand grenades of the terrorists. So lucky I didn't go inside.
01:15The Nova Music Festival exhibit will showcase artifacts from the grounds,
01:18including recovered cars that were set on fire, porta-potties with bullet holes,
01:23and recovered personal belongings.
01:25I hope that everybody will have the place to spread their love.
01:29This is my big hope from this exhibit.
01:33I want people to come here and just see the truth in their eyes.
01:40And when they come to the healing journey, they will get out with hope.
01:46Okay, I'm going to spread my love. I'm going to give hope.
01:49Yeah, but it's everything, even to come here, because I hear the denying. People say it didn't
01:55happen, or horrible stuff like that. And it's really hard for me as a survivor, us, to hear it.
02:05The founders of the festival want visitors to understand the tragedy that unfolded and
02:09bear witness to the brutality.
02:11I went over to Israel to see for myself what was going on,
02:14and when I met at one of the healing camps of a group of survivors, I was invited to see this
02:20exhibit. We met, and I felt it was important with my friends to bring this exhibit to the United
02:27States to make people understand that this could have been any of us.
02:31But the overall message is one of peace and love. The exhibit, which begins April 21 and runs for
02:37four weeks, also features a healing tent with a lighted sign that reads, we will dance again.
02:43Our main purpose is to spread the love. Everyone that comes to the dancefloor and
02:47listens to the same music, we are the same. It doesn't matter where you come from,
02:51and what religion, it doesn't matter. This is one of our main values,
02:56and we will dance again is exactly the sentence that can describe it.
03:00For more information, visit Nova0629Exhibition.com.