victory for amanda lindhout. amanda read a victim's impact statement at sentencing.so the survivor," she said. "i'm the one who will go out and live the lessons of this. i choose to lean into the lesson and challenge of finding forgiveness, compassion, and peace." those words bringing to a close not one but two improbable stories, amanda's kidnapping and the years spent in pursuit of justice. ten years of your life. >> ten years, yeah. five years for the undercover operation, ten years until conviction. >> worth it? >> absolutely. >> he's sitting in prison right now in this country. do you think about that ever? >> it's justice. i don't take joy in any suffering of any other human being. >> have you forgiven adam? >> i can't say yes or no to that question because it's not a forgiving because adam deserves to be forgiven. but i deserve to have the freedom in my life of not being full of that anger all the time and keep pointing my feet towards forgiveness. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. how is this happening? ke