Nine brutal months after being abducted from her Salt Lake City home in the middle of the night, relentless rescue efforts finally brought 15-year-old Elizabeth Smart back.
As the teenager returned home, surrounded by and grateful for a network of family, friends and a community that never stopped saying her name, never stopped searching or praying for her safe return, Smart found herself wrestling with somewhat of a morbid thought.
"I'm just forever going to be known as the girl that was kidnapped. I'm just forever going to be known as Elizabeth Smart, kidnapping victim, rape survivor."
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