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20 years after rescue, Elizabeth Smart is out with a course about consent
Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City. She is now an activist and mother of three.
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Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City. She is now an activist and mother of three.
Elizabeth Smart was found alive 20 years ago after being kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Salt Lake City. She joins "CBS Mornings" to reflect on that day and what she's doing to help others. CBS News' Gayle King reports.
Twenty years ago, the life of Elizabeth Smart was forever changed when she was kidnapped as she slept in her Salt Lake City home.
Elizabeth Smart sits down with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King 20 years after she was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 14.
Smart hopes Smart Defense will train women to fight back and empower them to tap into their own strength.
Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at 14, reveals that she was sexually assaulted again in summer 2019 while on an airplane. The harrowing experience inspired her to launch "Smart Defense," a program aimed to teach women and girls the skills and confidence they need to protect themselves. Smart talks with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King about how her experiences shaped her belief in self-defense.
Elizabeth Smart's father made headlines over the summer when he revealed to the public that he's gay. Ed Smart became a national figure in 2002 when his daughter was kidnapped and then rescued. In an exclusive interview, Smart told Gayle King about struggling with his sexuality for decades, and how difficult it was to come out to his wife and children.
In our exclusive interview, Ed Smart reveals how difficult it was to come out as gay to his family and friends
Ed Smart, father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, was forced into the public eye in 2002 when his daughter was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom in the middle of the night. Back then, Smart used his voice to fight for her miraculous rescue. Now he's sharing his own story. In our exclusive interview, Smart tells "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King how difficult it was to come out as gay to his family and friends, and how it's affected his relationship with his children.
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Elizabeth Smart's father says there's something he has to talk about – 17 years after his daughter's kidnapping and miraculous rescue. Ed Smart is revealing how he struggled to come out as gay in his first network television interview about his sexuality. The 64-year-old, who was married to his former wife, Lois, for 34 years, told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King how difficult it was to reconcile his faith with his feelings.
Seventeen years after his daughter's kidnapping and miraculous rescue, Ed Smart says there's something he has to talk about
"As an openly gay man, the Church is not a place where I find solace any longer," Smart wrote
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The child safety activist, who was herself abducted in 2002, talks about steps to recovery for Wisconsin teen who was held captive for three months
Few people will ever be able to understand what Jayme Closs is going through after her return home from captivity, but someone who can understand is Elizabeth Smart. In 2002 Smart was kidnapped from her home in Utah. She was held captive by a married couple in their home for nine months before being rescued. Smart, now a child safety activist, joins "CBS This Morning" from Park City, Utah, to discuss how to talk to survivors and what she hopes to do to help.
"There's no going back," says Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted at age 14 for nine months, of life before abduction
Wanda Barzee, who helped kidnap Smart, is listed in sex-offender registry as living near Parkview Elementary School in Utah
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Wanda Barzee spent more than 15 years behind bars
Wanda Barzee was released from prison Wednesday. She will be under federal supervision for five years. CBS News correspondent John Blackstone is at the prison in Utah where Barzee was released.
Wanda Barzee helped her husband kidnap Smart back in 2002 and was released from prison Wednesday after more than 15 years behind bars
Elizabeth Smart says she believes Wanda Barzee being released from prison is still a "danger." The now 30-year-old was abducted in 2002 by Brian David Mitchell and Barzee. They held Smart captive for nine months before they were captured and convicted. Barzee is set to be released from prison today. Only on "CBS This Morning," Smart spoke to Gayle King about Barzee's release.
Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped her husband kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002, is set to be released from prison Wednesday. Barzee has been in custody for more than 15 years. Smart told Gayle King this week she hopes Barzee's family will commit her to a mental institution. John Blackstone reports.
Kidnapper Wanda Barzee is set to be freed Wednesday after Utah officials determined they miscalculated the 72-year-old's prison sentence. Barzee and Brian David Mitchell were convicted for their roles in Elizabeth Smart's abduction and captivity that lasted for nine months, beginning in 2002. In an interview you'll see only on "CBS This Morning," survivor Elizabeth Smart opens up about how her traumatic experience changed her.
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