"My Parents Were Murdered In Front Of Me" - Emotional AGT Audition!

My name is Jay. And where are you from, Jay? I'm from the Dominican Republic, but I came here when I was 15 to Philadelphia. How old are you now? I am 29 years old. What are you doing here in AGT? Ever since I came to the United States and I started seeing AGT, I told my dad, I was like, I'm going to be there one day. So, you know, I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm going to be there. And what do you say? Yeah, she is. I guess she is. So I'm doing it, you know, in honor of my parents. Oh, OK. I want to say that they are. They're in heaven. Can I ask what happened or? We used to own a grocery store in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, a few years ago, we were robbed and they were murdered in front of me. Oh, my God. So I had to become the big sister for my siblings. And stopped my dreams. It's a long process for all of us. I finally decided to, you know, focus on my music that I know they love to see me doing all the time. And I really hope that they are happy today seeing me here. I'm sure they're happy and they're proud that you're here. Just by having the strength to survive something so horrific says a lot about you. And we're happy that you're here. We can't wait to hear you sing. I appreciate it. Thank you. Without you I just feel crushed Without you Hits me at full speed Feel like I can't breathe I should never