Three-year-old Lori Poland is playing outside her Colorado home when a stranger lures her into his car. He drives her into the mountains and abandons her 15 feet underground in an abandoned outhouse. As police launch a desperate search, Lori's abductor refuses to reveal her location. For four terrifying days, she remains trapped without food or water, until an extraordinary twist of fate leads to her rescue. Now, Lori tells Elizabeth Smart the harrowing story of her kidnapping and what happened to the man who left her to die.

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Elizabeth Smart is back with three extraordinary survivors — Lisa Mae, Eduardo Valseca and Alisa Mathewson — to answer more of your burning questions. They revisit some of the most harrowing moments of their stories, share new details about their experiences, and reveal how surviving unimaginable violence has shaped the way they live today. From the split-second decisions that saved their lives to the challenges of rebuilding afterward, they offer candid answers and powerful insights into what it really means to survive.

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Everyone is talking about Amy Acton after her estranged mother appeared in a political ad calling the Ohio gubernatorial candidate “a liar.” Acton has also spoken openly about surviving childhood sexual abuse. Elizabeth Smart, Deondra Brown and Michelle Denault — all survivors themselves — talk about the controversy, what sexual abuse can do to families, and what this moment looks like through the eyes of survivors.

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