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We are very glad to be joined this morning by a man who knows this story all too well, ed smart. as bill said, his daughter liz became a household name after being kidnapped from her home in salt lake city. she was 14 years old held in captivity for nine months. ed smart rejoins us. he has been here before. welcome back. >> thank you. martha: this has to bring it all back for you, when you hear this story this morning? >> it is just so wonderful to think that three young women are back with their families where they are loved and, supported and, what a miracle. it is just, it's exciting and i ...

Pertinent information. >> he said he was traveling with his sister. >> with his sister. >> spreading the word of god. >> so, you know, and i had respect for somebody who would spend their life trying to help other people. when he didn't show up again, i thought, well, he's on to his next spot and never a second thought. >> mary katherine saw him maybe all of five minutes? >> minutes, yeah. >> just minutes. >> it just came to her. >> yeah, just came to her. his name never crossed my mind. as being a possible suspect. >> after hearing mary katherine's sudden revelation, ed works with a sketch ar...

>> but mary katherine is certain the man she saw take elizabeth is emmanuel. ed and lois are willing to believe she is right and that elizabeth may still be alive. they grow frustrated that police seem unwilling to follow up on the lead. >> i think there were some that felt by putting out another picture that it might confuse the public. it might cloud the investigation. >> around the time of mary katherine's revelation, brian mitchell decides it's time to leave utah. before they do, elizabeth is nearly rescued. at a local library. the three are stopped by a police detective who wants elizabet...

Is very fragile and that it can be taken at any moment. and you just never know. >> are you still so angry? >> no. i can't have anger in my life. i mean, if you have anger, you can't -- you can't move forward. you know, if you can't let it go, then you're always stuck there. >> ed, you know, i can't imagine as a father you not wanting to just -- >> strangle him? >> -- reach over and strangle him. what does it take for you not to just want to take out every human emotion imaginable on the man who could do something like that to your little girl? >> the fact that elizabeth came home and that we ...

>> the officer is right. the young woman in the wig is elizabeth smart. elizabeth later testifies about being stopped by the police. >> what questions were the police asking you? >> they were asking me what my name was, how old i was, where i graduated from high school, where i was from. and then they started asking me if i was elizabeth smart, if i knew that my parents were very worried about me and that they missed me. >> elizabeth is separated from mitchell and barzee who are taken into custody. within days, both are charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. >> i was very scared. i knew t...