WATCH: Charleston Honors Emanuel AME Church Shooting Victims On 3-Year Anniversary of Tragedy

Former North Carolina Sen. Malcolm Graham misses his sister every day.

Cynthia Hurd, Graham’s sister, and eight other parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston died when white supremacist Dylann Roof entered their Bible study and opened fire.

On Sunday, the day of the third anniversary of the shooting, the congregation and community gathered to celebrate the lives of those who were killed.

“We celebrated how they lived, their contributions to their community, to the city of Charleston, as well as to their family and loved ones,” Graham said. “The atmosphere in the church was electric in terms of being in a worship service, worshipping and remembering those that we lost.”

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the emotional service focused on supporting each other through their pain.

“Even though we experience this tragedy, there was uplifting that came out of it, compassion and love and the example that would show those that want to perpetrate violence that that is not the answer,” Tecklenburg said.

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SOURCE: WSOC TV

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