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SALT LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home and held for what she described as "nine months of hell," married her fiance in Hawaii on Saturday, surrounded by only ...
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home and held for what she described as "nine months of hell," married her fiance in Hawaii on Saturday, surrounded by only immediate family.
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The couple and family were celebrating with a private reception and luau, after which Smart and Gilmour were leaving for an extended honeymoon, KSL said.
"Elizabeth is grateful to be celebrating her special day with those closest to her without distraction," family spokesman Chris Thomas said. "Her wedding further demonstrates it is possible to rise above challenging circumstance to lead a happy and productive life."
Smart was held captive and sexually abused for nine months and forced to wander with her captor from town to town for nine months. In March 2003, Smart was rescued when passersby spotted her with Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, in a Salt Lake suburb.
Smart testified against Mitchell, who was convicted of kidnapping and rape in 2010 by the U.S. District Court. He is serving a life sentence and Barzee is serving 15 years in federal prison.
Smart is an activist for children who suffer abuse and has formed a foundation on their behalf. She has worked as a commentator for ABC News.
Gilmour is from Scotland. The two apparently met while Smart was serving an LDS mission in France last year. People Magazine reported the couple will return to Salt Lake City to live.
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I consider myself liberal,and happened to be a victim of kidnapping and sexual assault at age 6.I never received counseling,and though it left me scarred for life-I have not allowed them to define WHO I am-so no you idiot,I was not destroyed by it.
Please take your political BS some where else next time,instead of backhandedly insulting women of assault,kidnapping,abuse,and/or torture-of all types.
Hek211 is nuts. Many people that suffered at least the sexual abuse part rose above it, a few that were kidnapped did too. My heart was singing when I recognized that she would get the help as understanding to get through and over this. What a heart warming happy ending and politics have nothing to do with it.
There is not a topic that the right wing toxic hacks will not slime. hek is a bottom feeder. Best wishes to Elizabeth for her future.
People with his agenda who can't resist taking a slap are weaklings, cowards, and bullies. This particular bully needs some remedial courses in spelling and composition.
good for you young lady; your faith and good upbringing brought you through a hell; best to you and your new family; P.S. lets take that piece of sh..t, who kidnapped her and hang him from a tree.
Congratulations Elizabeth. Now I would like to see a similar story about Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped at age 11 and kept as a sex slave for 18 years. Both are strong women who were terribly abused by men with female accomplices.
Hmmm... I agree with you - the media should back off and leave them alone. Best wishes to them for a very Healthy, Happy and Prosperous life together.
As a conservative person, hek211's comments are about as "conservative" as Jarred Laughtner's shooting of Rep. Giffords....which is to say, they're not. They're the comments of a social deviant, not a conservative.
As someone who's been married for 23 years, I was struck by how young they both look in the picture. I hope these kids find happiness in marriage and a life together.
We might want to remember how her kidnapper was able to take her into town unrecognized--all covered up in garb that his "religion" allowed him to use to subjugate females.
What's da matter, hek211, still can't get past all the times you were beaten up by the girls you insulted and snickered at by every... single... pretty... girl who turned you down for a date? Guess what: it's you, not them.
Second, this woman or shall I say child went through something many of our posters cant even fathom. To point fingers at religion, family or politics is just insane. Some have even gone so far as to say it must be Obama's fault. Really... Please think before you post all the hate, think about the subject for just a moment. A beautiful, intelligent women who went through hell as a child and will always have these demons in her life no matter what she does in life. She deserves our blessings on this special day. It has nothing to do with religion or politics. BTW yes I am liberal but wish all could just tone it down a notch.
Elizabeth Smart and her family became unwanted public figures when she was kidnapped. They didn't ask for or seek out celebrity. Their pain and agony was palpable. Anything this remarkable young woman does will, for many years, attract our attention. And I hope and pray that people will have the common decency to wish her and her family the same good luck, good health and success they would wish for their own loved ones.
Who knows, perhaps this young woman will be able to embrace her unsought after fame and do something positive that changes the world for the better. Or perhaps she will simply continue to be a good person who treats others with respect and decency. Either way, I wish Elizabeth and her family peace and happiness.
What has Elizabeth Smart done since her ordeal? She has SURVIVED! And that she has seemingly been able to do so with grace is nothing short of remarkable. For all those who have also survived such ordeals, you have my respect....for what that's worth.......
So Im figuring we will be hearing another update about Elizabeth in a month or 2 to say she is pregnant (as per LDS tradition), and then again in 9 months to say she is giving birth. Am I the only person in Utah (or America for that matter) that is sick of hearing about her every milestone in life. I thought thats what Facebook and Twitter are for (of which I subscribe to neither).
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And the key to that happy ending, let's not forget: wonderful, supportive parents who raised her with the unconditional love to be strong and secure, and who doggedly searched for her, celebrated her home with joyful open arms and did everything they could to restore any loss of self-esteem she might otherwise have suffered. And of course her little sister who gave them the key to finding her. Gotta love a family like that.
I know many feel that her story is overdrawn and way played out. And that's fine--it's your opinion. For those of us IN Utah or have followed her story from day 1, it gives us no greater pleasure than to wish her and her new husband the best life possible.
What's young is relative and if they're LDS I'm sure their development has been arrested... teenage 24 year-olds. But my point was dogmatic not literal. She's still a captive. The church has her this time.
She's a lovely young bride. It was a miracle that she turned up alive after her kidnapping by a psycho. Those stories usually end tragically. All the best to this couple.
Fils d'Artemis... Who needs to lay off the wacky tobacky? You must be referring to someone that believes a guy read the word of god off of stones placed in a top hat. She has moved from one captor to another unfortunately......
She has been through something really wierd and hard to get passed. I imagine her new hubby is a hell of a good man and I am glad she met him.
I remember when she was kidnapped, and the stunning news nine months later that she was still alive. This young woman deserves all the happiness in the world. Best wishes and congratulations to the newlyweds!
Though the tone of the post was a little harsh, I'm kind of thinking the same. Yesterday, the entire banner of the MSNBC website was filled with this story and a smaller sidebar about Whitney Houston.
With all the things going - potential conflict with Iran, a presidential election, the European economic union struggling to hold together, rising oil costs, etc., etc., I just can't imagine Walter opening with these two stories. Our media has slumped into tabloid stories and celebrity worship, because that's what sells (to us). We're just not a serious nation anymore.
That said, I certainly don't mean any ill will toward this girl. I'm just saying that her story might not be the biggest news of the day.
That comment should be deleted and you should be banned. I would call you an idiot but I don't want to offend any idiots today by putting you in that category.
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Best wishes to the happy couple. I hope they have a happy fullfilled life together. It is wonderful that after all she went through she is able to trust and love.
May you have many years of joy with each other, may your faith bend but not break, may you have peace and happiness. I am full of hope for you. Please do not contribute to overpopulation.
Marriage and love are nothing but nonsense. You never know the true intentions of a person until you are married. You lose your money and end up in divorce. Only in America. Hope the guy got a pre-nup.
Just because you're miserable does not mean the rest of the world has to be. My grandparents have been happily married for over 50 years, my parents for over 25 and I have been happily married for over 2 and counting.
Exactly. I'm happy for the couple, but don't they deserve their privacy? They're just ordinary people, and yet they get their lives splashed all over the masthead of this website?
And it also, I think it gives a happy ending to many others who were raped and had to keep it a secret or who were treated like dirt for reporting it, that the Dark Ages of Shame are officially over.
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