article_snippet.sent: Ahead of trial, CNN spoke with several people whose lives were changed because of the shooting.
article_snippet.sent: several people whose lives were changed because of the shooting will attend at least part of trial.
article_snippet.sent: Here, in these people own words, is a glimpse at what these people are experiencing 2½ years after the shooting and as the trial begins.
article_snippet.sent: "I don't think the shooting has defined me as a person.  
article_snippet.sent: But I think what I've learned from the shooting, the strength that I've gained from overcoming something this terrible, has become a defining factor of my life.
article_snippet.sent: " Bailey: "I would say that the shooting is life-changing, but I don't think the theater shooting is life-changing defines me.
article_snippet.sent: It's something that's been on my heart since the shooting happened.  
highlights_snippet.sent: Survivors say the shooting changed Survivors lives, but doesn't define the shooting .