The word "survivors" is correct and usable in written English.
It usually refers to people who have experienced a traumatic or dangerous event but were able to survive it. For example: "The survivors of the natural disaster were taken to a nearby shelter to get medical aid".
In Uganda, survivors are at risk of arrest by police, as they are likely to assume that they're gay – a crime in this country and in 38 of the 53 African nations.
"I fear he will say: 'Now, my brother is not a man.'" It is for this reason that both perpetrator and victim enter a conspiracy of silence and why male survivors often find, once their story is discovered, that they lose the support and comfort of those around them.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, expressed his condolences and ordered all necessary measures be taken to help the survivors.
They began pulling survivors and bodies from half-inflated life rafts and out of the water.
Footage taken from an emergency ministry helicopter searching for survivors showed clear and calm weather as other trawlers steamed towards the area of the accident.
They meet on Pooley's day off, descending into joyous laughter before they embrace as only survivors do in a country running on a "no touch" policy.
Smoke rose high in the air and emergency services battled with each other and with civilians to get to the survivors.
I have spent 26 years defending my brother, [and] the other 95 victims and survivors and fighting for the truth and justice.
Today, the survivors who speak to Deo worry about those rushed burials.
Beresford's problem was how to make contact with the survivors from the mining community and LGSM with no obvious internet trail to help him.
Not long ago she was a young and vibrant woman working as an activist campaigning for the rights of rape survivors and street children and providing them with practical support.
