The girl's program is attended by some of best and brightest high-schoolers Florida has to offer. "Everyone who's going is at the top of their class," Cameron Carlyle said describing the high-quality candidates who attend the elite leadership camp. But no amount of education could have prepared the girls for what happened on the last night of their training.

The Girls State director along with six Florida State Troopers, all female, pulled an attendee aside and told her she would be participating in a kidnapping drill, one which highlighted the real-world problem of sex trafficking. Under the cover of secrecy, the volunteer named "Katrina" was taken to a safe place. Thereafter, roll call was taken with the remaining girls.

Carlyle, who volunteered this year to be a camp counselor, said when the count-off got to number 8, "We realized Katrina was missing." Soon the State Troopers began screaming, she'd been kidnapped, and blamed several girls for her abduction.