Criminal Justice student finds salvation after human trafficking nightmare - Houstonian - Campus

Criminal Justice student finds salvation after human trafficking nightmare - Houstonian - Campus: "Breanna Bryant did not grow up like most girls. When she was just three years old, a man broke into her mother's apartment late at night. He held a gun and an extension cord. He demanded money. Her mother told him that she couldn't pay him, and he beat her and threatened to electrocute her to death. In fear, Bryant cried out. Her innocent cry of terror saved her mother's life that night, but the cost was her childhood. She was kidnapped. He took her as a payment for her mother's debt – then he sold her. So instead of doing all the things young girls take for granted – going to school, making friends, playing with toys and dolls – Bryant was sold into the dark underworld of human trafficking, dramatically altering her life forever. 'The next two and a half years of my life were horrific,' said Bryant, now a junior Criminal Justice major as Sam Houston State University. 'I was taken 17,000 miles away from my home and lived among a few other girls. But this group home was much different than any other I had been to. We were conditioned to do what we were told, to satisfy the gruesome desires of men. My identity, value and innocence were stolen from me.'"