Elizabeth Smart

Uh, and so I didn't immediately respond.

I thought it just had to be part of my dream because who, who thinks that someone's going to break into their home in the

I have a knife at your neck.

Don't make a sound.

Get up and come with me.

Nobody thinks that or probably most people don't think that.

And so initially, I just thought that it was part of my dream and I didn't respond.

And then the voice said the same words again.

I have a knife at your neck.

Don't make a sound.

Get up and come with me.

And that time I could actually feel something sharp line across my neck.

I could feel someone's hand on my arm trying to pull me out of bed.

And I remember opening my eyes and sure enough, there was this dark figure standing over me.

And for the first time in my life, I mean, I was truly terrified up until that point.

The things that scared me were doing poorly on an assignment, not being prepared for my music lessons, having my parents tell me 99 times to go clean my room and the hundredth time can hear them coming up the stairs.

I mean, pretty typical small things scared me before.

And so all of a sudden that just kind of brought a new meaning to that word of fear and terror.

And I remember he brought me, he took me out of my bed.

He took me out through my house, up through my backyard.