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'Sister survivors' of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse honored with Arthur Ashe Courage Award

The hundreds of survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse were given the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2018 ESPYS.

Many of the survivors detailed their respective accounts of abuse in a video that played before the award presentation.

Actress Jennifer Garner presented the award said that while their story is difficult, it is one that the world "has to hear."

The women, known collectively as "sister survivors," who spoke out against Nassar were honored Wednesday for their "strength and resolve" for bringing "the darkness of sexual abuse into the light."

Sarah Klein, who identified herself as the first to be abused by Nassar, said that she and the over 140 other survivors on the ESPYS stage "represent hundreds more who are not here tonight.