120718 Elizabeth Smart (MA)

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speaks at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Dozens of spectators pack the gymnasium to listen to Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speak at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, is seen on the cover of her book "My Story" before a book signing at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Crystal Lake Central madrigals singer Kayla Hieras performs at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speaks at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Father jim Swarthout gives an invocation on stage with children at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Linda Carpenter of Crystal Lake listens with dozens of other attendees as Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speaks at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speaks at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, speaks at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Elizabeth Smart, inspirational speaker, author, and childhood abduction survivor, signs a copy of her book "My Story" for Linda Hamann of Cary, left, at the Sage YMCA during a Community Breakfast event on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 in Crystal Lake. "I had a 5 year old daughter at the time of her abduction. I can only imagine how difficult it was," Hamann said, adding that she was very inspired by her story.