Elizabeth Smart: I'm not just the girl that was kidnapped — Transcript

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1. 0:02A BEACON OF HOPE FOR OTHER
2. 0:05SURVIVORS.
3. 0:06>> I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE BEING
4. 0:09KIDNAPPED IN ALL DIFFERENT
5. 0:10PLACES AROUND THE WORLD AND EACH
6. 0:11PERSON COMES UP WITH SOME SORT
7. 0:13OF THING THAT GETS THEM THROUGH
8. 0:15WHETHER MINUTE BY MINUTE OR
9. 0:17SECOND BY SECOND OR DAY BY DAY.
10. 0:18>> FOR ME, IT WAS MY FAMILY.
11. 0:20IT WAS KNOWING THAT BECAUSE I
12. 0:23HAD FELT SO BROKEN AFTER THE
13. 0:24FIRST TIME HE RAPED ME, I FELT
14. 0:28SO -- LIKE I HAD LOST ALL MY
15. 0:30VALUE AND HOW COULD ANYONE
16. 0:33ACCEPT ME BACK?
17. 0:34BUT AFTER THAT, MOMENTS AFTER
18. 0:35THAT, I REALIZED THAT THERE IS
19. 0:37ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE
20. 0:39AND THAT IS MY FAMILY'S LOVE FOR
21. 0:41ME.
22. 0:41THEY WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAMILY.
23. 0:42THEY WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME.
24. 0:44THEY WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT ME.
25. 0:45>> THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING
26. 0:47TO NEW YORK, TO BOSTON AND YOU
27. 0:48THOUGHT WE GOT TO GET BACK --
28. 0:50>> WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO SALT
29. 0:53LAKE.
30. 0:53THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE WILL FIND
31. 0:57ME IF WE DON'T.
32. 0:57THERE IS EVERY REASON IN THE
33. 0:59WORLD FOR THAT TO BE THE LAST
34. 1:01PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
35. 1:02>> TO RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE
36. 1:03CRIME.
37. 1:03>> YEAH, YEAH, SO I THOUGHT
38. 1:04ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT ABOUT
39. 1:06HOW -- HOW MY TWO CAPTORS HAD
40. 1:09MANIPULATED EVERYONE AROUND THEM
41. 1:10TO GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED,
42. 1:12TO JUSTIFY EVERYTHING THEY DID,
43. 1:14AND I MEAN, I KNEW IT WAS WRONG,
44. 1:17BUT I REMEMBER JUST PRAYING IF
45. 1:19THIS WORKS THIS ONE TIME, I WILL
46. 1:21NEVER DO THIS AGAIN.
47. 1:22SO I REMEMBER TURNING AROUND AND
48. 1:24FACING MY CAPTORS AND JUST
49. 1:27TELLING THEM, I JUST -- I HAVE
50. 1:29THIS FEELING AND I KNOW THAT GOD
51. 1:31WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO ME BUT I
52. 1:34KNOW HE'LL SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE
53. 1:37YOU'RE HIS SERVE VANT, YOU'RE
54. 1:39PRACTICELY HIS BEST FRIEND.
55. 1:40CAN YOU PLEASE ASK HIM IF WE'RE
56. 1:43SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO SALT LAKE
57. 1:44BECAUSE THIS FEELING JUST WON'T
58. 1:45LEAVE ME AND THIS IS JUST CRAZY
59. 1:47COMING FROM ME BUT IF YOU ASK
60. 1:49HIM, I KNOW HE'LL TELL YOU.
61. 1:52AND SO HE DID END UP ASKING AND
62. 1:53THAT WAS HOW IT WAS DECIDED WE
63. 1:56WOULD GO BACK TO SALT LAKE.
64. 1:57>> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THINK
65. 1:59YOU WERE IN A LIBRARY AND A
66. 2:02POLICE OFFICER APPROACHED YOU
67. 2:03AND THIS MAN THAT HAD TAKEN YOU.
68. 2:05WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
69. 2:08THEN?
70. 2:08>> AS SOON AS WE SAW HIM
71. 2:10APPROACHING, I WAS SITTING NEXT
72. 2:14TO HIM, AS SOON AS THE POLICEMAN
73. 2:16FLASHED HIS BADGE BECAUSE HE WAS
74. 2:17DRESSED AS A CIVILIAN, SHE
75. 2:20IMMEDIATELY CLAMPED HER HAND
76. 2:21DOWN ON TO MY LEG AND IN MY
77. 2:2614-YEAR-OLD MIND I KNEW IF I DID
78. 2:28ANYTHING OR SAID ANYTHING THAT I
79. 2:30WOULD BE KILLED, AND THEN THEY
80. 2:31WOULD GO AFTER MY FAMILY.
81. 2:34SO I SAT AND PRAYED AND HOPE AND
82. 2:36DESPERATE THAT HE WOULD
83. 2:37RECOGNIZE ME THAT SOMEHOW HE
84. 2:39WOULD SAVE ME AND WHEN HE TURNED
85. 2:41AROUND AND WALKED AWAY BEING
86. 2:43100% CONVINCED THAT IT WASN'T
87. 2:45ME, I MEAN, IT FELT LIKE I WAS
88. 2:47BEING KIDNAPPED ALL OVER AGAIN,
89. 2:48I MEAN, IT FELT LIKE I WAS BEING
90. 2:51STOLEN FROM MY FAMILY AGAIN, AND
91. 2:53BEING RIPPED AWAY FROM MY LIFE
92. 2:55AND MY HAPPINESS.
93. 2:56>> TELL ME ABOUT THE DAY THAT
94. 2:59FREEDOM FINALLY CAME WHEN SOME
95. 3:02POLICE OFFICERS APPROACHED.
96. 3:03>> UH-HUH.
97. 3:03>> WHAT HAPPENED.
98. 3:04>> I REMEMBER ALL THESE CARS
99. 3:06PULLED UP AND THEN THE POLICEMEN
100. 3:08JUMPED OUT OF THE CARS AND CAME
101. 3:13OVER AND SURROUNDED US AND
102. 3:14STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AND MY
103. 3:16TWO CAPTORS GAVE ANSWERS AND THE
104. 3:17OFFICERS ASKED ME QUESTIONS AND
105. 3:19THERE HAD BEEN A WHOLE BACK
106. 3:21STORY PREPARED BY MY CAPTORS
107. 3:23THAT TOLD ME I SHOULD SAY IF I
108. 3:25WAS EVER QUESTIONED SO I STARTED
109. 3:27GIVING THESE ANSWERS BECAUSE
110. 3:28THEY WERE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO
111. 3:29ME.
112. 3:29I WAS SCARED.
113. 3:31I WAS PETRIFIED.
114. 3:32AND THEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS, HE
115. 3:36SAID TO THIS OTHER OFFICER,
116. 3:38SHE'S JUST TOO SCARED, WE NEED
117. 3:40TO SEPARATE HER FROM THEM.
118. 3:41SHE CAN'T ANSWER WITH THEM RIGHT
119. 3:43THERE.
120. 3:43SO THEY SEPARATED ME AND STARTED
121. 3:44ASKING ME QUESTIONS AND AT FIRST
122. 3:46I WAS STILL REALLY SCARED.
123. 3:47I KEPT GIVING THE ANSWERS THAT I
124. 3:49HAD BEEN TOLD TO GIVE AND THEN
125. 3:51FINALLY, ONE OF THE OFFICERS
126. 3:55SAID, WELL, IF YOU'RE ELIZABETH
127. 3:57SMART, YOUR FAMILY MISSES YOU SO
128. 4:00MUCH AND THEY LOVE YOU SO MUCH
129. 4:03AND THEY HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP
130. 4:05HOPE ON YOU THE ENTIRE NINE
131. 4:07MONTHS YOU WERE GONE.
132. 4:08DON'T YOU WANT TO GO BACK HOME
133. 4:11TO YOUR FAMILY?
134. 4:12AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT I
135. 4:14FELT LIKE WELL, NO MATTER WHAT
136. 4:16THE CONSEQUENCES ARE, I DON'T
137. 4:18CARE, WANT TO GO HOME.
138. 4:19>> SO WHAT DID YOU SAY?
139. 4:21>> I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS
140. 4:23ELIZABETH SMART.
141. 4:23>> WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE TO
142. 4:26SAY YOUR NAME?
143. 4:27I -- YOU PROBABLY HAD NOT SAID
144. 4:29YOUR NAME FOR A LONG TIME.
145. 4:33>> IT WAS SCARY.
146. 4:34>> SCARY.
147. 4:35>> YEAH.
148. 4:35IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE I DIDN'T
149. 4:38KNOW IF THEY THOUGHT I HAD DONE
150. 4:40SOMETHING WRONG OR I MEAN, IF
151. 4:42THEY THOUGHT I HAD RUN AWAY OR I
152. 4:44DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
153. 4:46THINKING.
154. 4:46>> DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FAMILY
155. 4:48WAS LOOKING FOR YOU?
156. 4:50DID YOU KNOW -- BECAUSE I KNOW
157. 4:51YOU HAD BEEN TOLD BY YOUR CAP
158. 4:53TOMORROWS THAT NOBODY WAS
159. 4:54LOOKING FOR YOU ANYMORE.
160. 4:56>> BY THAT POINT, I DIDN'T
161. 4:59THINK -- I THOUGHT MAYBE MY
162. 5:00FAMILY WOULD STILL LOOK FOR ME
163. 5:03BUT NOBODY ELSE BECAUSE IT HAD
164. 5:05JUST BEEN SO LONG AND AS FAR AS
165. 5:07I KNEW, NOTHING HAD BEEN FOUND.
166. 5:10IT WAS LIKE I JUST DISAPPEARED.
167. 5:12>> I'VE TALKED TO YOUR DAD A LOT
168. 5:14OVER THE YEARS AND I REMEMBER
169. 5:15ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE KEPT
170. 5:18STRESSING BECAUSE EVERY TIME A
171. 5:19CHILD IS RETURNED, WE OFTEN GO
172. 5:21TO YOUR DAD AND TALK TO HIM AND
173. 5:23HE SAYS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
174. 5:25LET THE PERSON WHO HAS SURVIVED
175. 5:28AND COME BACK IN THEIR OWN TIME
176. 5:29TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
177. 5:32DO YOU THINK THAT'S TRUE?
178. 5:33>> BEING WITH MY FAMILY JUST IT
179. 5:36COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER.
180. 5:38I MEAN, I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED
181. 5:40FOR A BETTER DREAM COME TRUE OR
182. 5:43WISH COME TRUE, WISH GRANTED BUT
183. 5:46THEN HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
184. 5:48SPECULATE ON WHAT HAPPENED AND
185. 5:50WHAT I MUST BE GOING THROUGH AND
186. 5:52WHAT -- AND JUST SO MANY WELL,
187. 5:56LIES BEING TOLD.
188. 5:59IT WAS -- IT WAS HARD.
189. 6:01I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
190. 6:02I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LIKES
191. 6:04HAVING PEOPLE GUESS AT WHAT THEY
192. 6:06ARE GOING TRUE.
193. 6:09PRIVACY IS SO SAKE RATE AND ANY
194. 6:10TIME A VICTIM IS RETURNED, A
195. 6:12SURVIVOR IS RESCUED, PRIVACY IS
196. 6:15ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS WE CAN
197. 6:17GIVE THEM BECAUSE IF THEY DECIDE
198. 6:18TO SHARE, THAT'S UP TO THEM AND
199. 6:20THEY WILL COME FORWARD.
200. 6:21>> I TALKED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO
201. 6:23TO SEAN HORN BACK WHO WAS ALSO
202. 6:26ABDUCTED AND RETURNED FINALLY,
203. 6:27AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID
204. 6:29THAT STAYED WITH ME, HE SAID
205. 6:31THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
206. 6:32TO ME, IT'S NOT WHO I AM.
207. 6:34DOES THAT REST NATE WITH YOU?
208. 6:35>> ABSOLUTELY.
209. 6:37I AM NOT JUST THAT GIRL THAT WAS
210. 6:40KIDNAPPED.
211. 6:40THAT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I'M SO
212. 6:42MUCH MORE THAN JUST THAT GIRL
213. 6:43THAT WAS KIDNAPPED.
214. 6:44>> AND YOUR LIFE NOW?
215. 6:46>> I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
216. 6:48I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A YEAR
217. 6:50AND A HALF.
218. 6:51I MEAN, I'VE GOT -- YEAH,
219. 6:55COULDN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT,
220. 6:58RIGHT?
221. 6:58I'VE GOT GREAT