Write a recount about the most inspirational moment you have encountered
I sat in the chilling atmosphere of the courtroom. It was my first day as an intern witnessing the trial of a devastating accident that to a two year old boy. Joel Sonnenberg had burns over 85% of his body. He also lost his fingers on his right hand, his left hand entirely, his ears, and skull. It's was a miracle he didn't lose his life.
Within minutes the judge called the court to order and called Joel Sonnenberg to the stand to confront Reginald Dort, the truck driver who caused the accident that forever changed the Sonnenbergs' lives. There he was, Joel Sonnenberg, making his way to the stand with many gasps coming from the courtroom. “ 17 years after the accident I finally see the man who robbed me of my childhood. The man who caused so much pain and suffering to my family. The man who made me wonder if I will ever live a normal life with a wife and family.The man who made me spend my childhood days crying at home after school because I felt embrassed of how I looked. “ said Joel with tears in his eyes. I scanned the courtroom for his family members and I saw his father sitting there. He was staring right at Dort with anger in his eyes,and he had very right to.Reginald Dort was standing emotionless as Joel continued to speak.
“ All I can do is leave justice in the hands of god because that is what my family and I believe in it. Here I can be someone more, I can be the one who will not fill my life with hatred because hatred causes misery. It is not about the justice because I will leave Justice in the hands of god,that is what my family and I believes in.” Taking a deep breath he continued “It is the is the idea that we all have value, you and me, we are worth something more than the dirt but you chose to be dirt 17 years ago. You wanted to kill your wife in her car, which was right before us but ended up killing my childhood,which can never be taken back.I