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Elizabeth Smart: Survivor

Published 12:00 PM EDT, Tue October 8, 2013
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Elizabeth Smart speaks at the 2nd annual Diller-von Furstenberg Awards at the United Nations in New York in March 2011. Smart released her book "My Story," which tells of what happened during her kidnapping, on October 7.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Elizabeth Smart speaks at the 2nd annual Diller-von Furstenberg Awards at the United Nations in New York in March 2011. Smart released her book "My Story," which tells of what happened during her kidnapping, on October 7.
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Smart's parents, Ed and Lois, talk to reporters about her kidnapping in June 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night on June 5, 2002, and held captive for nine months.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart's parents, Ed and Lois, talk to reporters about her kidnapping in June 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night on June 5, 2002, and held captive for nine months.
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Smart's cousins Tori Dumke, from left, Cessilee Smart and Alicia Smart join supporters during a candlelight vigil in June 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart's cousins Tori Dumke, from left, Cessilee Smart and Alicia Smart join supporters during a candlelight vigil in June 2002 in Salt Lake City.
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Smart was kidnapped in the middle of the night by Brian David Mitchell, here at his competency hearing in May 2005, and held for nine months.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart was kidnapped in the middle of the night by Brian David Mitchell, here at his competency hearing in May 2005, and held for nine months.
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Mitchell's wife, Wanda Barzee, here at a hearing in January 2004, was waiting for Mitchell and Smart at their mountainside camp the night of her kidnapping.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Mitchell's wife, Wanda Barzee, here at a hearing in January 2004, was waiting for Mitchell and Smart at their mountainside camp the night of her kidnapping.
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Smart's uncle David Smart announces on March 12, 2003, that his niece had been found.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart's uncle David Smart announces on March 12, 2003, that his niece had been found.
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Lois and Ed Smart speak at a celebration at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City in March 2003.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Lois and Ed Smart speak at a celebration at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City in March 2003.
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Smart stands with families of kidnapped victims as President George W. Bush signs the Amber Alert law at the White House in April 2003.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart stands with families of kidnapped victims as President George W. Bush signs the Amber Alert law at the White House in April 2003.
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Smart and her mother with Attorney General John Ashcroft at a National Missing Children's Day event at the Justice Department in Washington in May 2004.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart and her mother with Attorney General John Ashcroft at a National Missing Children's Day event at the Justice Department in Washington in May 2004.
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Smart leaves a Salt Lake City courthouse after testifying in the competency hearing for her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell in October 2009.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart leaves a Salt Lake City courthouse after testifying in the competency hearing for her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell in October 2009.
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Smart makes a statement to the media in December 2010, after Brian David Mitchell was found guilty.
Elizabeth Smart: Survivor —
Smart makes a statement to the media in December 2010, after Brian David Mitchell was found guilty.
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