The Story of Elizabeth Smart
She spent 9 months in captivity with a self-proclaimed prophet and his wife.
Deep into the nights on June 5th, 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart woke up to a knife on her throat and the intruder threatening her to follow him. If she was to make any sound, he will not only kill her, but her whole family.
Elizabeth was overwhelmed with fear. She fought her instincts to wake her little sister lying next to her, as it would put her in immediate danger.
So, young Elizabeth did what she was told. She slipped on shoes of the kidnapper’s choosing and reluctantly went away with him.
All that while, Elizabeth’s younger sister, Mary Katherine, was awake. She heard the intruder threatening her sister, but she kept quiet in fear. Mary was merely 9-years-old at that time. When he left the room, Mary wanted to get help from her father, but she stopped in her tracks at her bedroom door when she saw the kidnapper was still in the house, at the staircase, with her sister.
Terrified, she climbed back into her bed until 2 hours later, she picked up the courage to tell her father, Edward Smart. Soon, horror dawned upon him as he realized it was not just a bad dream her daughter had, but a hellish reality.
