Elizabeth Smart
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So, like, again, that threat was...
very much in the forefront of my mind.
And I absolutely knew what my captors were capable of, but I didn't know what police officers were capable of.
Well, yeah, so far they haven't been able to do anything.
In my mind in that moment, it seemed safest to turn to my normal survival instinct, which was to do what they said.
My captors had the whole backstory prepared that they told me to say if we were ever questioned.
The police officer showed up.
I don't honestly remember how many there were, but it felt like a lot.
were there questioning my captors.
And then they started to question me.
They weren't kind and polite or comforting in any way.
So that was intimidating.
Felt like I was receiving scary from both ends.
And my captors, they were adamant about who we were.
And police officers tried asking me questions.
I gave the answers I'd been told to give.