How I Survived Kidnap and Rape at 14
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bed, aged 14. She survived being raped, starved and tortured for nine months before she was found after a nationwide manhunt.
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bed aged 14, in 2002. She survived being raped, starved and tortured for nine months before she was found after a nationwide manhunt. Today, Elizabeth devotes her life to helping vulnerable children. In her new book Where There's Hope, Elizabeth talks to other people who have been through traumatic, life-changing experiences, to discover how they have coped.
(Picture credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Lifetime Television.
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