A Fight For Survival
Elizabeth Smart Shares Her Inspiring Tale At Bridgewater College
Posted: February 26, 2013
Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped from her bedroom at age 14 and discovered living with her two captors nine months later, speaks at Bridgewater College’s Cole Hall Monday night. Smart is now a 25-year-old advocate for child abduction recovery programs and preventive measures. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Bridgewater College students and community members listen on Monday to Elizabeth Smart tell the story of her kidnapping at age 14. Jeff Pierson, who organized the event, said he wasn’t expecting the large crowd that lined up outside of Cole Hall’s doors by 6:15 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. event.
BRIDGEWATER — The day after being kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home, raped and bound by one ankle with a metal cable, a 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart made a decision that helped her through...
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