Anderson Cooper Helps Family Spot Missing Hostage Son in Israel

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Monday spoke with the parents of an American hostage who was seen in a never-before released video being abducted in Israel by Hamas.

Cooper explained that in a prior interview with Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin about their 23-year-old son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, he realized that he had a video of him on his phone.

“It had been shown to me by a soldier at the music festival. We recorded it off his phone. We had permission to do so,” Cooper said. After showing the minute-long video to Goldberg-Polin’s parents after that interview, he said, the couple decided they wanted it to be shared with the world.

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