Orrin Hatch: “I express my deep-felt feelings about the answer to all of our prayers in Utah. There has never been a State where…”

“I express my deep-felt feelings about the answer to all of our prayers in Utah. There has never been a State where virtually everybody got on their knees and prayed for the return of this young woman, Elizabeth Smart. I have to tell you, we believe in miracles out there. We have seen them time after time after time. But I have to admit, most people had pretty much given up. They were thinking, well, that poor soul undoubtedly had to have been murdered. But her father and her mother never gave up. They were in my office just a short while ago saying: We are going to find her. We believe she is alive--praying every day, fasting for their daughter. People in Utah fast and pray in these situations. I have to tell you, I was so thrilled last night to see they finally found her. I could hardly get to sleep. I want to pay tribute to that wonderful family and her neighbors. Jake Garn and Kathleen Garn are two of the neighbors. I have to tell you, they both have been of tremendous help and bolsterers, as have all of the neighbors, to the Smart family.”