SALT LAKE CITY — It was on the morning of June 5, 2002, that police and eventually the media began to gather on Kristianna Circle in Salt Lake City after reports surfaced that teenager Elizabeth Smart had been kidnapped from her family home.

Twenty-three years later, we sat with Elizabeth's dad, Ed Smart, as he shared his recollections of that fateful day and time.

“It seemed so surreal, I mean, how could this happen to us? Why? And, how do we move forward?“ Smart shared this week.

Even after more than two decades, Ed says it’s a time that will remain with him forever.

“It was just totally overwhelming!," he remembered. "I will never forget Lois‘s scream, ‘Call the police!' And that started the nine months' worth.”

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