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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'She is a survivor': Elizabeth Smart talks healing as Jayme Closs starts to reclaim her life
BARRON, Wisc. When Elizabeth Smart came home after nine months in captivity, she struggled with the notoriety that accompanied her abduction.
She couldnt go anywhere without being recognized. Trips to the grocery store took longer. She was no longer a wallflower.
Her return was the beginning of a new journey, she told Barron County, Wisconsin, residents Friday.
In my mind, I thought that I could just go back to who I was before I was kidnapped, she said. At that point in time, I didnt realize that actually, that girl, Elizabeth Smart, who existed before I was kidnapped, didnt exist anymore.
Smart spoke at Barron High School to help the community move forward after the return of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, whose escape from the home of Jake Patterson two months ago drew national headlines.
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Smart also emphasized that one should never ask a victim a question that starts with, Why didnt you?
Whatever they have done, they did the right thing, because they survived, she said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/16/jayme-closs-elizabeth-smart-talks-healing-wisconsin-town-hall/3184787002/
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'She is a survivor': Elizabeth Smart talks healing as Jayme Closs starts to reclaim her life (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2019
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murielm99
(30,765 posts)1. I like Elizabeth Smart.
sueh
(1,828 posts)2. Thank you, Elizabeth Smart!
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)3. I'm glad that she does this.
I lived about 150 miles outside SLC when she was kidnapped, it was awful.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)5. Her dad kind of gave me the creeps..
The fact that he had such sketchy workers at the house with those young girls always bothered me.. I'm so glad she survived..
Mister Ed
(5,944 posts)4. When she speaks, I listen. n/t