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Ed Smart

Ed Smart

Elizabeth Smart's father

Jul 21, 2026

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8:59
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9:01
So, you know, I totally feel that it's kind of like a wound.
9:09
You know, depending on how big that wound is and losing a child or a parent is huge.
9:16
I mean, they're such a big, important part of your life.
9:20
And when they're missing, it's like you've been wounded and this wound just stays there and kind of bleeds and bleeds and bleeds.
9:32
And how do you close that wound up? How do you bring a closing to it? I watched several parents in my group that still didn't have the answers that they wanted.
9:45
And our effort was to try to protect children and to put forward legislation that would protect and and help change the dynamic that's currently happening.

18 MINS LATER

27:34
Is it still raw in some way? There's got to be scars there, right? I mean,
38:15
W- w- what is it like for a family trying to navigate, particularly these first days in something like this, with law enforcement and all the unknowns?
38:27
You know, I, I think the first issue, of course, is to clear the family.
38:32
Uh, you know, a lot of interests came my way, came my brother's, Tom's, way.
38:39
And as long as they're looking at the family, they, they can't focus on what's needed to.
38:45
But, you know, it's so surreal that, uh, you know, something like this could happen to you.
38:51
You're, you're really in a, in a state of trauma.
38:55
And, um, you know, I, I hope that Savannah and her family are taking care of themselves, getting the rest they need to be able to survive through this.
40:19
Um, how much did you lean on law enforcement during that time to try to figure your way through this?

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