title: breaking two cops shot killed in ambush style attacks while sitting in their vehicles shooter at large
text: in  elizabeth smart was abducted during the night at knifepoint from her bedroom at only yearsold
  her kidnapping quickly garnered national media attention her media savvy parents worked overtime to keep her story in the news throughout the ordeal
  during her  months in captivity she was raped repeatedly often as many as  times per day each day was a mental and physical war for her to survive at the hands of her kidnapper and rapist brian david mitchell
   
  related stories american student presumed dead turns up in north korea as kim jong uns personal tutor with the help of an americas most wanted television broadcast the police were able to locate and free her on march   her disappearance and subsequent miraculous return to her family made her one of the best known teenagers in america at the time
  justice wasnt finally served until  when mitchell received two lifeterms in a federal prison
  smart now  years old is married and a mother with a family of her own her daughter chloe is now  months old
  after a long day of working i like to slip back to my happy place with chloé on horseback daydreaming 
  a photo posted by elizabeth smart elizabeth_smart_official on aug   at pm pdt 
  
   
  now as a parent herself smart has realized how horrible the kidnapping was for her parents
  when i go back to my own situation i almost think it was worse for my parents than for me because i knew that i was alive but they didnt know she told people magazine
  i always knew how much they loved me but until i had my own daughter i didnt realize how allconsuming that is the worst thing in the world would be if something happened to my little girl she continued
  smart has made it her lifes work as a reporter teacher and activist to make sure other parents families victims and survivors are supported nobody should have to go through the aftermath of a terrible crime alone
  call if you or someone you know needs help report it stopchildabuse w helpspreadthis httpstcofuqhbdoyoj pictwittercomlawxofcug 
   elizabeth smart elizsmart august   
  smart now works for crime watch daily a program hosted by chris hansen with one season under belt shes signed on for a second season
   
  trending stories frustrated with media bias trump campaign takes its case directly to voters with nightly show on facebook independent voters push trump to the front in florida and ohio rnc official takes cnn host to task for claiming there is no media bias finding purpose in her work she told people i decided to continue because sharing the stories of survivors is a way to keep their cases in the spotlight and hopefully give them a better chance of bringing criminals to justice
  
  speaking today to a gathering in oklahoma smart said its not what happens to us that defines who we are its what we decide to do about it
  what do you think