| Show T M fiSJhe HefaW'JcROTlatmjganWtahl Utah & The West Q vi I I VV- ih ' 'j ’ AP photo group of more than 100 volunteer searchers line up at arms length from one another and wait tar the before combing the fields at This is The Place State Park for dues to missing Elizabeth Smart on Thursday in Salt Lake City Smart was taken by gunpoint from the bedroom she sister June 5 police said Nine days after the search started police feel they shares With her are closer to solving the case but are stilting looking for the answer A go-ahe-ad Search By Mark SapponfMd The Christian Science Monitor - 9 sive f i high-profi- - " ' 4 a ' AP photo David Smart left and Salt Lake Police Capt Scott Atkinson answer questions during a news conference about the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart on Thursday in Salt Lake City David Is Elizabeth ' Smart’s uncle ' ' a “There’s an awareness of this “ M M as there has never been and' the ability oflaw enforcement to react quickly has improved dramatically Now there’s much more urgency” That has been apparent in Salt Lake Gty during the past ' i r " !' Stirred by abductions during the past two decades agencies and the public have become aware of the heed for decisive action in the hours irter a kidnapping: The result is a network of media cover- age high-tec- h machinery and expertise that can bemobi-lize- d at a moment’s notice to canvas an entire region before the day is out It is not a cure for kidnapping and experts acknowU A V SAN FRANCISCO —The case of Elizabeth Smart the Salt Lake City girl abducted from her bedroom last week strikes a primal chord It plays upon the worst fears of par- ents and echoes one of the most notorious crimes in' American history — when' Charles Lindbergh’s baby was abducted from his bedroom by a nighttime intruder who forced open a window Now as then the nation has responded with petitions and prayers Yet Americans have added something else — their eyes and ears ' By some estimates more than 1000 volunteers showed up in Salt Lake City each day for four days last week to help search for the girl Even today hundreds scour hillsides' and scrub — some coming from as far away as California and Texas It is experts say a dramatic example of how die response to kidnappings here and nationwide has become quicker and more comprehen- - : oases Sinraairtt RaH lAali-iif- f AiwiiiAtiMi le : - expert edge that this new vigilance still can’t prevent many unfor-tunate endings But theste are important advances they add that go farther than ever before toward recovering chil- dren who have been taken “You can look at the news and see that improvements have beep made” says Jerini Thompson of the Polly Klaas Foundation in Petaluma Calif week Some of the responses have been familiar Volunteers made buttons and posters McDonald’s handed out fliers with Special- ized backfcountry SWAT teams and helicopters with infrared sensors spread out through the canyons of die Wasatch Mountains Yet there are new resources too that didn’t exist five yean ago Many of the volunteers have been marshaled by experts from the Laura Reeov- ery Crater Foundation a V ' See SEARCH on A9 Presents To contribute or sponsor a story or to place your ad 7 Contact Webmaster at 752-2- 1 21 : - 98i South MainLMaTStah ‘ s - Wedding Planners Create ybur 7 'vy dreamwedding Planning your Honeymoon ' Choosing Jewelry WiseWeddingadvice MUT DBPARTMBNT MONDAY-FRIDwTOuRs- Piiorin: 753-330- 1 OPtNi4 HOURS 753-796- 1 PRODUCI DIPARTMMT ’f SMAPHR'I BJUUmr 753-632- 3 753- - TuJdAY 9 AM - 7 PM 10 PM HOURS: 7 AM -- R R ! C E SE R F E CT IV Ell!) N ETfaT&Tl 5f2 00 2 Dana Sbn'‘vV t 'i s Registry do’s-anr don ts Veil and gown styles I d i A' Sponsored by Herald Atuljournal (m |
