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World Service,25 Apr 2018,53 mins

How I Survived Kidnap and Rape at 14

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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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