Elizabeth Smart, right, walks out of the federal courthouse with her mother Lois Smart after testifying at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, in Salt Lake City. Smart testified Thursday she was raped repeatedly each day after she was abducted from her bedroom seven years ago and told she would be killed if she yelled or tried to escape. Story here. (AP Photo/Colin Braley)

Question: Are you as amazed as I am that this young woman could endure such cruelty and emerge to lead a productive life?