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She escaped human trafficking and shares her story with Iowans

A victim of human trafficking is sharing her heart-wrenching story with Iowans.

She escaped human trafficking and shares her story with Iowans

A victim of human trafficking is sharing her heart-wrenching story with Iowans.

WEBVTT ELECTION.ELIZABETH: MORE NEW STORIES NOW.A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSHARING HER HEARTWRENCHING STORYWITH IOWANS.KRISTINA GLACKIN SPOKE TOSTUDENTS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.FOR A WEEK AS A TEENAGER,SOMEONE HELD HER AGAINST HERWILL IN A LOS ANGELES HOTEL,WHILE THEY SOLD HER BODYEVENTUALLY A WOULD-BE "JOHN"RESCUED HER.BUT IN THE YEARS SINCE, SHESTRUGGLED TO COME TO TERMS WITHHER FAITH HELPED GET HER THROUGHIT AND PROMPTED HER TO SHARE HERSTORY.>> IT GETS EASIER EACH TIME.GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL.SO I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO BEFAITHFUL WITH SHARING MY STORY. ELIZABETH: GLACKIN WAS SPEAKINGAS PART OF A NONPROFIT CALLEDCHAINS INTERRUPTED.THE GROUP HAS BEEN TRAVELIAROUND IOWA, TRAINING HOTELSTAFF ON HOW TO SPOT A VICTIM.
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She escaped human trafficking and shares her story with Iowans

A victim of human trafficking is sharing her heart-wrenching story with Iowans.

A victim of human trafficking is sharing her heart-wrenching story with Iowans.KCRG-TV reports Kristina Glackin spoke to students in Cedar Rapids. For a week, as a teenager, someone held her against her will in a Los Angeles hotel, while they sold her body. Eventually a would-be 'John' rescued her. In the years since, she struggled to come to terms with what had happened. Her faith helped get her through it and prompted her to share her story."It gets easier each time. God has been faithful. I feel a responsibility to be faithful in sharing my story," said Glackin.Glackin was speaking as part of a nonprofit called Chains Interrupted. The group has been traveling around Iowa training hotel staff on how to spot a victim, and teaching kids how to avoid being one.

A victim of human trafficking is sharing her heart-wrenching story with Iowans.

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KCRG-TV reports Kristina Glackin spoke to students in Cedar Rapids. For a week, as a teenager, someone held her against her will in a Los Angeles hotel, while they sold her body. Eventually a would-be 'John' rescued her.

In the years since, she struggled to come to terms with what had happened. Her faith helped get her through it and prompted her to share her story.

"It gets easier each time. God has been faithful. I feel a responsibility to be faithful in sharing my story," said Glackin.

Glackin was speaking as part of a nonprofit called Chains Interrupted. The group has been traveling around Iowa training hotel staff on how to spot a victim, and teaching kids how to avoid being one.