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Elizabeth Smart On Kidnapping And Rape Ordeal: 'I Was Broken Beyond Repair'

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Oct. 5 2013, Published 11:39 a.m. ET

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It's been more than a decade since Elizabeth Smart  was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom. The then-14-year-old was held for nine months by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.  Often kept tied to a tree, she was raped daily.

On Friday, Smart recalled her first day with the pair, telling NBC's Meredith Vieira that a wedding ceremony was staged.

"I was begging and crying and just so scared,'' Smart said. "I remember thinking, I know what comes after a wedding. And that cannot happen to me. That cannot happen.

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"I remember him forcing me onto the ground, (and) fighting the whole way. And th