GALVESTON, Texas – For the past few months Pearland's Kechi Okwuchi has touched the viewers and judges of NBC's hit summer show "America's Got Talent."
Her amazing voice and story also have won her a special group of fans in Galveston.
On Tuesday night at the Shriners Hospital for Children, patients and staff held a watch party to see Okwuchi's performance on AGT.
The hospital is where Okwuchi, now 27, first performed while undergoing treatment for severe burns after being one of only two survivors in a 2005 plane crash in Nigeria.
More than 100 others were killed.
"When I walked in, I saw the signs were the most touching thing for me for sure," Okwuchi said. "Seeing that all these kids came out from their rooms, and they're probably like in pain and stuff, and they come out here just because they want to watch like one, like two minutes of me on TV just because they're so inspired by me."
Through her years of treatment -- which has included more than 100 surgeries -- Okwuchi has spent a lot of time at Shriners and other hospitals.
Watch Okwuchi's Judge Cut Performance from Tuesday night
In that time, she also has become an inspiration to fellow patients and has used music as part of her own healing process.
"It kept me stable," Okwuchi said. "So to be able to share what I love to do, which is just sing, with the world and to get this kind of reception from people it just means the world to me."
The "Today Show" will take an in-depth look at Okwuchi's story, her treatment and her ability to inspire Wednesday morning.
