By: Carolyn Freeman
Everyone faces obstacles, but it’s overcoming them and focusing on the future that is critical-that’s how Elizabeth Smart was able to survive after she was abducted, held in captivity, and raped every day for nine months. Smart spoke to a full Devlin 008 on April 10, with students packed into the stairwells and onto the floor around the podium-BCPD was called in to manage the crowd.