Child Advocates Ed, Elizabeth Smart Support Kidnap Prevention Program
Father, daughter in Pace Academy appearance recount ordeal in boosting RadKids techniques
Chiild advocates Ed and Elizabeth Smart on Friday recounted the events of a day that shattered their lives: June 5, 2002. On that day, Elizabeth, 14, was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Brian Mitchell, beginning an ordeal that lasted nine months. The Smarts' story received widespread media attention, including a book and a made-for-TV movie. Ed Smart, Elizabeth's father and president of the Surviving Parents Coailtion, recalled when Elizabeth's sister told him the news, "Dad, someone's taken Elizabeth." Remembering that time, he said, "the worst part of the whole thing is the not knowing," especially whether his daughter was alive or dead. He noted the power of thousands praying for his daughter. "Elizabeth is alive …
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