# Elizabeth Smart found alive!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952 "2003-03-12T22:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/21 "2003-03-12T22:36:37Z")
Uncle says she’s already with her family. They must be on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/22 "2003-03-12T22:37:08Z")
I was watching the news when I was vacationing in Washington last December, and I heard a report that said there was an “Elizabeth Short sighting” in Tacoma. Any news if she had been there? Does this clear the guy who died in custody? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/23 "2003-03-12T22:38:26Z")
Why, unless she is a direct relative, does anyone care? ---
**Author:** ![Lwaxana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Lwaxana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lwaxana)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/24 "2003-03-12T22:39:13Z")
Thank goodness that she was found!!! I think we should all say a little blessing for her that she won’t suffer residual effects. Lord only knows what was done to her, what she saw and was told. My heart goes out to her and her family. They should hang the s.o.b. up by his balls! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/25 "2003-03-12T22:40:03Z")
To put it mildly, **Otto** , take a long walk off a short pier. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/26 "2003-03-12T22:40:21Z")
Remeber the little sister who witnessed the abduction? It sounds like she fingered this guy a long time ago but the cops didn’t take her seriously at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/27 "2003-03-12T22:40:36Z")
Are you just kidding me, **Otto**? Dude, because it’s nice to hear that she’s safe - the same way people care that there are starving people somewhere that they can’t see. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/28 "2003-03-12T22:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*Why, unless she is a direct relative, does anyone care? \*\* Because we all have hearts and compassion, and it’s not often a kidnapped child is found alive. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/29 "2003-03-12T22:45:26Z")
I’m so happy for the family. I know they’ve been praying for this day for an awful long time! ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/30 "2003-03-12T23:01:31Z")
Here’s a [link](http://www.ksl.com/) from Utah that has more information. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/31 "2003-03-12T23:11:09Z")
That is wonderful news!!! I am speechless!! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/32 "2003-03-12T23:16:15Z")
How wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/33 "2003-03-12T23:23:20Z")
That is incredible! Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/34 "2003-03-12T23:28:12Z")
HALELUIA!!! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/35 "2003-03-12T23:34:41Z")
I was shocked, to put it simply. What great news. ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/36 "2003-03-12T23:36:08Z")
This is great news! I’m very happy for her and her family. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/37 "2003-03-12T23:46:25Z")
How amazingly amazing and swell!!! ---
**Author:** ![Florentine\_Pogen\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Florentine\_Pogen\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Florentine_Pogen_1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/38 "2003-03-12T23:57:18Z")
Great to hear this. Americans haven’t been getting much positive news lately, eh? This was refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/39 "2003-03-12T23:59:16Z")
Because, Otto, one day it might be **your** sister or daughter. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952/40 "2003-03-12T23:59:36Z")
When my local newscast came on with “Breaking News,” I assumed the worst. I figured they had found her body. I was **amazed** that they found her alive and apparently perfectly healthy. What wonderful, wonderful news. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-smart-found-alive/160952.md?page=3)