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>> michelle knight talking about the man who imprisoned her for 11 years. a psychiatrist also testifying saying that michelle, amanda and gina all now face life sentences of their open, as they try and heal. amazingly, in her statement tonight, michelle knight was looking beyond herself and her two friends. >> a remarkable sentiment for someone who has been through so much. here to talk about what they're going through, ed smart, whose daughter was abducted when she was 11 years old. and co-author of "safe kids, what parents need to know to

Events that happened to you, define who you are for the rest of your life. >> ed -- >> it's a really important piece. >> ed, elizabeth testified against her captor and read a statement in court during his sentencing. i want to play a bit of what she said immediately afterward. >> i told him that whether -- i told him today in court that whether he received his just sentence here on earth or after this earth life, that one day he will have to be responsible for his actions. >> how do you prepare your daughter as a family to sit in that courtroom, to face that person? >> you know, i think one of...

Event -- >> so you have to create a meaning about it or narrative about it? >> some narrative in -- to make sense of it because it's such a senseless act. the things that these women have endur endured, is senseless. i was saying earlier that a psychopath in there never have to say think are sorry. they never have to feel it. that's part of the seduction of being a psychopath in my mind. but understanding that and moving forward is the ability to let go that the event or the events that happened to you define who you are for the rest of your life. >> and ed -- >> really important piece. >> ed,...

Healing and happiness and to life for them is very individualist individualistic, there is you know, not a one size fits all in that path. but i think finding and reconnecting with people, being able to have those relationships and being able to trust again, i think that is the biggest issue, is learning to develop a trust with your friends, with your family, with other people that you come in contact with. you know, to have been violated and put through such hell for so long, you know, to be able to trust someone and to develop that -- that new normal relationship is i think, key to healing a...

Hugely. i ask that everybody continue to respect our privacy and give us time to have a normal life. >> i would say thank you for the support. i just want everyone to know i'm doing just fine. i may have been through hell and back, but, i am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face. and with my head held high. and my feet firmly on the ground. walking hand in hand with my best friend? i will not let the situation define who i am. i will define the situation. >> joining me now is ed smart, whose daughter, elizabeth smart, was kidnapped in 2002 and found nine months later. ed, ...