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Elizabeth Smart: 'I Feel So Lucky'

Kidnapping victim says abduction made her grow up

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Jun 12, 2008 11:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom 6 years ago, but says she emerged from the 9-month ordeal unscathed. People profiles the 20-year-old, now a music major at Brigham Young University, who says, "I feel so lucky to be... Read full story »

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