Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart says that her new self-defense program was created after a man sexually assaulted her on a plane last year.
“The last time someone touched me without my say-so was when I was kidnapped, and I froze," Smart said."I didn’t know what to do.”
In her interview with CBS, Smart said that she reported the alleged assault to Delta after she landed and that the airline offered to help her in any way that it could.Delta confirmed in a statement to NBC News Thursday that Smart reached out to the company to inform them that another passenger acted inappropriately to her. The airline said it does not tolerate passenger misconduct.
"We took the matter seriously and have continued to cooperate with Ms. Smart and the appropriate authorities as the matter is investigated," Delta said. She said that she also contacted the FBI and that there is an open investigation into the alleged assault.Smart was taken at knifepoint in her pajamas from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 by Brian David Mitchell, who kept her captive with his wife, Wanda Barzee. Mitchell is serving a life sentence after being convicted of
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