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The whole of the United States cheered its latest heroine, Ashley Smith．She showed her brave heart and wise mind in a life-or-death 1 ．
Ashley is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter．She was going into her 2 in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March l2, when a man 3 her to her door and put a gun to her side．“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 4 ．”She said in a IV interview last week．The man was Brian Nichols, 33．He was 5 of killing three people On March 11 and later of killing an agent．The local 6 were searching for him．
Brien tied Smith up with tape, 7 released(放開) her after she repeatedly 8 him not to take her life．In order to 9 the man down, she read him a best-selling 10 book．He asked her to repeat a paragraph in the book．And the two of them 11 one topic．“I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his 12 ．He said he thought I was an angel 13 from God, and that we were Christian sister and brother, and that he was 14 , and that God led him to me to tell him that he had 15 a lot of people．”
Ashley even cooked breakfast for the man 16 he allowed her to leave her house．Ashley said Brian was 17 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(報道)of the 18 for him．“I cannot 19 that’s me on the TV,”Brian told the woman． 20 ．he let her go．Then she called the police．
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