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<v Speaker 1>Federal judge from Lackawanna County is in fair condition in

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital tonight after being rescued from the woods.

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<v Speaker 2>Judge Edwin Kosik was missing for almost two days when

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<v Speaker 2>two teenagers spotted his car in the woods in Dunmore.

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<v Speaker 2>We're very thankful to these two young men that saw

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<v Speaker 2>this vehicle happen to be in this area. Fortunately felt

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<v Speaker 2>of their efforts. That's why we stand here today with

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<v Speaker 2>a positive story.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello friends, today bringing a video got some Pennsylvania teens

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<v Speaker 1>found a car lost deep in the forest and then

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<v Speaker 1>were shocked when they found out who it belonged to.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifteen year old Alec Ennisko and his eighteen year old

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<v Speaker 1>friend Joe Delvecchio decided to have some fun and take

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<v Speaker 1>their ATVs out for ride together. This was something they

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<v Speaker 1>did a lot, take out their clads into the now

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<v Speaker 1>very familiar terrain and trails near their homes in Lakawana County, Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>They started out as just a regular and normal evening

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<v Speaker 1>for the pair, and off they went to hang out

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<v Speaker 1>and ride. They were planning to just have a good

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<v Speaker 1>time doing one of their favorite things and had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea that their lives were about to change forever, as

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<v Speaker 1>fate decided to cross their paths that night with a

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<v Speaker 1>seemingly random discovery on one of the roads they were

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<v Speaker 1>riding on. As the boys entered the woods, though, they

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<v Speaker 1>noticed something different off in the distance, something they knew

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<v Speaker 1>did no longer fitting the landscape as they'd been there

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<v Speaker 1>many times, both walking and riding their clods. They decided

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<v Speaker 1>to approach the object out of sheer curiosity and realized

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<v Speaker 1>that they had found an abandoned car. Now the teens

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<v Speaker 1>somehow intuitively knew that this was more than just a

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<v Speaker 1>random abandoned vehicle in the middle of the woods. The

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<v Speaker 1>site just didn't sit well with them. They couldn't ignore

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<v Speaker 1>the instinct of something being very wrong with the situation.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things that struck the two teams is

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<v Speaker 1>odd right away was that the vehicle was stranded about

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<v Speaker 1>a quarter of a mile off the main road. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't understand how an entire car could just be placed,

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<v Speaker 1>as that's what it looked like to them, right there

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the woods, so far away from

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<v Speaker 1>the not so near roadway. As they investigated further, the

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<v Speaker 1>boys also noticed that the car wasn't just abandoned but

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<v Speaker 1>it was stuck. It seemed as though someone had somehow

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<v Speaker 1>made a wrong turn or something and ended up driving

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<v Speaker 1>their vehicle into these woods by accident, like they got

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<v Speaker 1>stuck there and couldn't get out. However, they saw no

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<v Speaker 1>one around. There had to be a driver, they thought,

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<v Speaker 1>how else could the car have gotten here. They had

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<v Speaker 1>not been able to shake the mutual feelings this was

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<v Speaker 1>somehow a very important discovery. They just hadn't been able

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<v Speaker 1>to put together or why it was so important, not

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<v Speaker 1>yet anyway. As darkness fell and the night closed in

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<v Speaker 1>on them, even though they were in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the woods and it was now fully nighttime, the boys

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<v Speaker 1>decided to go with their instincts and stay there to

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<v Speaker 1>further investigate what in the world was going on. Something

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<v Speaker 1>inexplicable was urging them to continue searching for answers. The

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<v Speaker 1>car had all of its windows smashed and seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>be stuck on a large log. They knew as well

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<v Speaker 1>that there had to be a driver somewhere. Someone had

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<v Speaker 1>to have driven the car here and gotten stuck, possibly

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<v Speaker 1>even injured, judging with the looks of the broken down

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<v Speaker 1>and smashed up vehicle. If there was a driver and

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<v Speaker 1>the boys were instinctionally sure there was one, then why

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<v Speaker 1>would they leave their car? Why not wait for help

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<v Speaker 1>or get out and use a cell phone to call

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<v Speaker 1>for some kind of assistance. At this point, the boys

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<v Speaker 1>were starting to become very nervous and maybe even a

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<v Speaker 1>little scared. Not for themselves, mind you, but for whomever

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<v Speaker 1>had driven this car out here. Once again, the vehicle's

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<v Speaker 1>condition caused them great concern. They couldn't turn around and

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<v Speaker 1>leave now. Something in their guts were forcing them to

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<v Speaker 1>continue looking into this strange abandoned car. The boys searched

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<v Speaker 1>around and near the vehicle. They looked in the nearby

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<v Speaker 1>woods and underneath the car for clues. Even they were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to find something, anything, they would tell them what

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<v Speaker 1>had happened to here. They were very concerned that someone

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<v Speaker 1>was possibly injured and roaming the woods. They just couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>stop thinking of the driver, whoever he or she was.

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<v Speaker 1>After finding nothing in the area outside of the car,

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<v Speaker 1>they decided to open the unlocked doors and continue examining

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<v Speaker 1>the vehicle, but now the inside of it. Normally, if

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<v Speaker 1>they came across someone else's vehicle, they wouldn't dare open

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<v Speaker 1>it up and start poking through it, But this time

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<v Speaker 1>they somehow knew this was a special case, even felt

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<v Speaker 1>a need or an urged to do so. They looked

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<v Speaker 1>under the seats and checked in the trunk, even looked

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<v Speaker 1>in the glove compartment and console. They looked in the

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<v Speaker 1>side of the doors, anywhere they could think of where

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<v Speaker 1>they could possibly find the identity of the driver of

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<v Speaker 1>the car. While they didn't find a license or anything

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<v Speaker 1>officially stating who the car may have belonged to, they

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<v Speaker 1>did find something with a name on it. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a Sam's Club card bearing the name Edwin Cossick. Now

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<v Speaker 1>they had a name, but didn't know what to do

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<v Speaker 1>with it. After all, how could they even be sure

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<v Speaker 1>this was an accident or that even a person was

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<v Speaker 1>in the car at the time it got stuck and

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<v Speaker 1>the windows got smashed up. Remember, there were two teenagers

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<v Speaker 1>out for a night of fun riding their ATVs, and

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<v Speaker 1>they definitely weren't used to experiencing such strong instinctal urges

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<v Speaker 1>as they had been since finding the car. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>going on here, and luckily they allowed themselves to be

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<v Speaker 1>led by their intuition. They decided to use social media

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<v Speaker 1>to possibly make the situation become more clear so they

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<v Speaker 1>could know what their next move would be. They were

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<v Speaker 1>about to finally get some answers. The boys were about

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<v Speaker 1>to understand just how important this seemingly random discovery was.

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<v Speaker 1>They entered the name Edwin Cossack in a Facebook search

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<v Speaker 1>and were shocked at what they found. To their surprise,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a ton of information linked to this name.

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<v Speaker 1>The boys found that Edmund Cossack was a ninety two

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<v Speaker 1>year old man and also a very well respected federal judge.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't end there, though, Edwind Cossack had also been missing

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<v Speaker 1>for the past two days, and a large search effort

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<v Speaker 1>and even a federal investigation had been launched. This was

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<v Speaker 1>enough for both Alec and Joe to know that they

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<v Speaker 1>needed to tell someone else about their discovery, an adults

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<v Speaker 1>who would know what to do better than they did.

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<v Speaker 1>Were they going to be a part of a federal investigation? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>To what extent? Would they be in some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>trouble for snooping through a federal judge and missing man's car.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they were scared for other reasons, and because of

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<v Speaker 1>this fear, they rushed home to tell their parents. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>their parents immediately understood the importance and grabbedy of the

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<v Speaker 1>situation and reached out to the federal authorities without delay.

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<v Speaker 1>The police showed up right away, and the boys were

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<v Speaker 1>happy to help and lead the way to Edwin Cossack's car. However,

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<v Speaker 1>just like the boys had done a few hours before,

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement searched in and around the abandoned and broken

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<v Speaker 1>down vehicle for any sign of Edwin Kusick, but to

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<v Speaker 1>no avail. The situation had now become a dire emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>Where it was the missing ninety two year old. Was

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<v Speaker 1>he injured and unable to call for help? Had he

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<v Speaker 1>gotten a head injury and left the vehicle dazed and confused,

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<v Speaker 1>and somehow wandered into the nearby woods and gotten even

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<v Speaker 1>further lost. These were questions the authorities knew needed immediate answers.

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<v Speaker 1>A large search party was organized, and the boys were

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<v Speaker 1>surprised at how quickly all this was happening. The situation

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to have escalated very fast. The police included canine

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<v Speaker 1>searches and special teams to go out search for any

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<v Speaker 1>scrap of information that could lead to the whereabouts of

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<v Speaker 1>the missing Judge I was a little scared. Alec and

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<v Speaker 1>Hiscote told the Times Tribune back in April twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>when all this was going on. Alec also admitted I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think they'd find him alive. The locals became concerned

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<v Speaker 1>when all the missing posters and online message boards concerning

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<v Speaker 1>the case were popping up all over the place. It

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<v Speaker 1>was all around the town, and everwhere they looked, they

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<v Speaker 1>saw reminders that Edwin Cossick was in fact missing and

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<v Speaker 1>possibly in desperate need of medical attention, perhaps lost somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>alone in the woods. I'm shocked. I'm very upset because

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<v Speaker 1>he's a great man and we don't want anything happening

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<v Speaker 1>to him, said Georgia Fish of Madison Township. Even the

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<v Speaker 1>people who never knew Edwin were worried because they never

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<v Speaker 1>experienced a situation like this, someone was actually missing in

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<v Speaker 1>their little town. They were stressed and concerned about the

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing. Georgia Fish was one of those people who

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<v Speaker 1>knew Edwin, and she even drove around town on her

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<v Speaker 1>own in hopes to help the investigators and find any clues.

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<v Speaker 1>I've gone up the mountain Aston Mountain, checking the back

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<v Speaker 1>roads and stuff, just seeing if he made a wrong

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<v Speaker 1>turn somewhere and got lost, she added, because the situation

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<v Speaker 1>was so dire, and also because Edwin Cossick served as

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<v Speaker 1>a federal judge for thirty years in the city of

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<v Speaker 1>scrant and Pennsylvania, the FBI got involved right at the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the investigation. According to who was only described

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<v Speaker 1>in the media as a trusted source, Judge Cossack disappeared

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<v Speaker 1>from his home near scrant at around one thirty in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning. It came to be known too that he

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<v Speaker 1>was taking prescribed medication to aid and memory laws. It

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<v Speaker 1>may have been in the beginning stages of dementia. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the only clues in the search for Edwind was

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<v Speaker 1>some surveillance footage which showed him clearly headed toward a

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<v Speaker 1>Bill's local Shopwright Grocery Store in nearby Covington Township. The

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<v Speaker 1>US Marshals also received potential clue in the case when

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<v Speaker 1>information came in that a man looking to be in

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<v Speaker 1>his nineties might have been seen on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

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<v Speaker 1>heading toward New Jersey. Needless to say, the legal community

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<v Speaker 1>in Scranton and the people who worked with Judge Cossack

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<v Speaker 1>were shocked and saddened over the situation. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>well respected man, not just all around the community and

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<v Speaker 1>in his own family, but to his peers and colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Chris Powell, the attorney who argued in front

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<v Speaker 1>of Judge Cousick for decades, said, we want to know

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to him, and everybody has their opinion as

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<v Speaker 1>lawyers among themselves. I was just over in court this

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<v Speaker 1>morning and it's on everybody's mind. After speaking to Judge

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<v Speaker 1>Cossack's family, United States Marshal Martin Payne said that the

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<v Speaker 1>police come to some new information that might have affected

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<v Speaker 1>Cossack's disappearance, but they still couldn't rule out criminal activity

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<v Speaker 1>as well of the potential circumstances. The search continued after

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<v Speaker 1>the police sent a helicopter to fly over the Covington

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<v Speaker 1>Township area and hopes to find new clues. The locals

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<v Speaker 1>were asked to report any strange sightings or activity to

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<v Speaker 1>nine point one. The investigators also asked people in the

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<v Speaker 1>town to contact the police if they had seen the

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<v Speaker 1>judge or his car prior to his disappearance. Judge Causack's son,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Cossack, spoke out and admitted his main concern was

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<v Speaker 1>his father's deteriorating memory, and he was convinced this had

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<v Speaker 1>something to do with his disappearance. He assumed his father

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<v Speaker 1>had wandered off alone and had forgotten who he was

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<v Speaker 1>and how to get back home. There were also some

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<v Speaker 1>concerns about the weather conditions on the day Judge Cossack

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<v Speaker 1>left in his vehicle, and since he had been missing,

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<v Speaker 1>the authorities realized how desperate the situation was now becoming.

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<v Speaker 1>With each second that passed and no new clues or

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<v Speaker 1>information as to where Edwin was or what could have

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<v Speaker 1>happened to him, they knew they had to do something

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<v Speaker 1>and fast. They used all media channels to inform the

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<v Speaker 1>public about the judge's disappearance and again asked for any

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<v Speaker 1>to Edwin's son. He admitted as well that he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>as luck would have it, the Cossack family's nightmare would

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<v Speaker 1>to him. Surprisingly, Judge Cossack was located where he'd been

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<v Speaker 1>Two teenagers who had originally found the car was shocked.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a wave of relief over the entire community

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<v Speaker 1>that he had been found alive. Despite his harrowing ordeal

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<v Speaker 1>Though the air was much lighter now that he was found.

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<v Speaker 1>People were eager to know what had happened to him,

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<v Speaker 1>What had he been doing to have crashed his car

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<v Speaker 1>During a news interview after the discovery of the judge,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the officers who was there when he was

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<v Speaker 1>time he was found, Gossick was wearing the same jeans

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<v Speaker 1>in the same winter jacket that he had had on

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<v Speaker 1>two days earlier when he was last seen. This indicated

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<v Speaker 1>that he had indeed spent two days helplessly lying on

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<v Speaker 1>to get help for himself. Judge Edwin Cossack's official status

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<v Speaker 1>as judge was labeled inactive. Earlier in the year when

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<v Speaker 1>were no additional clues found to help with uncovering what

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<v Speaker 1>because of the aforementioned memory loss. He just simply couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>remember anything about what had happened or how he ended

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<v Speaker 1>up in the woods. US Marshall Martin Payin publicly recognized

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<v Speaker 1>Andy Yuesenko and Joe Delvecchio as heroes. Without them, it

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<v Speaker 1>was stated, who knows how long the judge would have

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows then what the outcome would have been. The

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<v Speaker 1>It's most likely he had some kind of incident with

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<v Speaker 1>the driving to his destination. He's already said it was impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>He was suffering from memory loss when he got into

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<v Speaker 1>to go at one thirty in the morning. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>a thing. The police presumed he had somehow ended up

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<v Speaker 1>and he ended up walking unintentionally even deeper into the

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<v Speaker 1>must have been self frightening for the old man that

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<v Speaker 1>what he might encounter. He most likely didn't even know

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<v Speaker 1>who he was at that point. Now that's a horrible thought,

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<v Speaker 1>be alone in the woods, especially in the dark, and

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<v Speaker 1>not understanding what's happening to you, or having any knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>of all where to go or what to do, or

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<v Speaker 1>even who you are. We're very thankful to these two

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<v Speaker 1>young men that saw this vehicle which happened to be

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<v Speaker 1>in this area. Fortunately, just Marshall Martin Paine said during

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<v Speaker 1>the interview for Fox News in April twenty seventeen. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>the two boys were responsible for the positive outcome of

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<v Speaker 1>the entire situation. During the broadcast, Joe Dolvecchio responded with

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<v Speaker 1>We're glad, he's okay, Glad that we could help out.

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<v Speaker 1>He also added that he would like to become a

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<v Speaker 1>police officer one day. Despite being labels as heroes, the

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<v Speaker 1>two teenagers insist they just happened to be in the

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<v Speaker 1>right place at the right time. Their intuition and instincts

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<v Speaker 1>had immediately kicked in, and they were responsible for saving

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<v Speaker 1>a man's life by following those gut instincts. As unintentional

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<v Speaker 1>as it may have been, it's very lucky. The two

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<v Speaker 1>decided to trust their gut instincts and push forward in

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<v Speaker 1>of what was going on with this strage and seemingly

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<v Speaker 1>random broken down car. Who knows what would have happened

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<v Speaker 1>had they decided it wasn't worth exploring, or if they

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<v Speaker 1>instead of remaining to search for clues. The two young

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<v Speaker 1>recovering from this ordeal, and though they didn't know anything

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<v Speaker 1>about him prior to their discovery, they decided to meet

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<v Speaker 1>Both Vwin Cossack and his son were extremely thankful to

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how I can ever repay them for

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't for the boys and their dedication of finding answers,

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<v Speaker 1>the community would have lost an honorable judge and Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Cossack would have lost his father. Joe Dolvacchio and Alec N.

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<v Speaker 1>Senko were honored in Lackawanna County for helping find the

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<v Speaker 1>missing federal judge. They received a proclamation from County Commissions

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<v Speaker 1>at Dunmore High School in a ceremony that was held

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<v Speaker 1>in front of their parents, friends, and schoolmates. Judge Cossack

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<v Speaker 1>was making a fast recovery and was even able to

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<v Speaker 1>attend the proclamation ceremony at the high school. He proudly

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<v Speaker 1>watched the boys received the credit they deserve for saving

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<v Speaker 1>his life. Even added it was an honor to watch

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<v Speaker 1>them receive their award. I'm sitting here today because of them. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there you have it, folks. What do you think of

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<v Speaker 1>this incredible story of survival, of luck of instincts? Interesting indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to your comments on this story, but

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<v Speaker 1>please keep it friendly and respectful. In the meantime, be

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<v Speaker 1>good to yourselves and each other, and I'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>a little farther on down the trail. I'm Steve Stockton,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll talk to you next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Assassssss