Paralyzed man shows heroic forgiveness

[PennyinCanada]

Paralyzed man meets the driver who rear-ended him and accepts apology
Judge praises victim in tearful courtroom

A guilty plea. A call for leniency. Many tears and the occasional laugh.

All of these occurred in the provincial court Wednesday where after almost three years, Neil Klippenstein met the driver who rear-ended him, paralyzing him from the neck down.

Klippenstein wasn’t bitter. In fact, he said he was better as a result of the crash.

Klippenstein was a self-employed contractor before the accident that left him a quadriplegic. His greatest love was construction and he still enjoys driving by renovation sites to observe others’ work.

There’s much to see in his neighbourhood of Sage Creek, and Klippenstein said he enjoys the freedom his motorized wheelchair provides him for adventuring.

“I don’t even know if I like the word handicapped because these are just my new legs,” he said. “I can go 7 1/2 miles an hour and I’m enjoying it.”

Klippenstein is under the full-time care of his wife, Sharon, who quit her job to help her husband after the accident. The couple depends on Manitoba Public Insurance to cover their expenses.

They have four kids, all in their 20s, and four grandchildren.

“A year after the accident, I walked my daughter down the aisle and lots of momentous events have happened since, like the birth of my grandson. My life, my cup is still half-full,” he said in an interview.

More:
winnipegfreepress.com/local/paralyzed-man-accepts-apology-267450611.html

 

[Hobbes42]

Wow!

That is incredibly inspiring. If that guy can forgive someone who paralyzed him, I can surely forgive the other driver in an accident which only shattered my legs (They’ll heal )

Thank God for giving this man the grace to do such a thing!

 

[tawny]

God bless this man.

 

[PennyinCanada]

Wow!

That is incredibly inspiring. If that guy can forgive someone who paralyzed him, I can surely forgive the other driver in an accident which only shattered my legs (They’ll heal )

Thank God for giving this man the grace to do such a thing!

God be your strength and help as you go through this trial.