article_snippet: Siege victim Joel Herat Joel Herat has returned to work at the  reopened Lindt cafe on Friday  just three months after Siege victim Joel Herat was held hostage inside the Sydney store along with 17 other people.
article_snippet: Of those staff members caught up in the fatal siege, only Mr Herat chose to return to work on reopening day, but Daily Mail Australia has been told by Lindt management 'that several others are expected to take up shifts in the coming weeks, it will be entirely several others decision when to come back'.
article_snippet: Lindt employee Joel Herat has returned to work on Friday   (left), three months after Lindt employee Joel Herat escaped the fatal siege (right)
article_snippet: Another Lindt employee, Lauren Tench, was off shift that fateful day
article_snippet: Ms Cox left Lindt in November of last year, a month before the fatal siege, but returned on Friday for the reopening.
highlights_snippet: Siege victim Joel Herat has returned to work on Lindt cafe at Martin Place's opening day .
  