Name: In search of the man who broke my neck
Uploaded: 2013-04-17T15:00:58Z
Duration: 18 min 17 s
Description: When Joshua Prager was 19, a devastating bus accident left him a hemiplegic. He returned to Israel twenty years later to find the driver who turned his world upside down. In this mesmerizing tale of their meeting, Prager probes deep questions of nature, nurture, self-deception and identity.

When Joshua Prager was 19, a devastating bus accident left him a hemiplegic. He returned to Israel twenty years later to find the driver who turned his world upside down. In this mesmerizing tale of their meeting, Prager probes deep questions of nature, nurture, self-deception and identity.

In search of the man who broke my neck

A devastating bus accident at age 19 transformed one man’s life, leaving him hemiplegic and searching for meaning in loss. Two decades later, he returned to confront the driver, seeking remorse but finding only self-justification. His journey reveals how identity is shaped by both fate and how we respond to hardship, not by the circumstances alone. The story contends that acceptance and perspective, not apology or blame, offer the truest path to peace.