REMEMBERING HIM. >> I'M SORRY, HERSH, WE FAILED YOU. WE ALL FAILED YOU. >> A TEARFUL APOLOGY FROM JOHN POLAND, THE FATHER OF BERKELEY NATIVE HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN. 329 DAYS AFTER HERSH WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN GAZA DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS, HERSH WAS ONE OF SIX HOSTAGES FOUND DEAD IN GAZA ON SATURDAY. THREE OF THE SIX HOSTAGES, INCLUDING HERSH, WERE REPORTEDLY SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF A CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL DISCUSSED IN JULY. INSTEAD, HE WAS LAID TO REST AT A JERUSALEM CEMETERY ON MONDAY, WHILE TENS OF THOUSANDS CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, INCLUDING HIS PARENTS. >> OKAY, SO BEFORE I GO NOW ON YOUR JOURNEY, I HOPE IT'S AS GOOD AS THE TRIPS YOU DREAMED ABOUT. BECAUSE FINALLY, MY SWEET BOY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY. IT'S THREE. >> HIS PARENTS, RACHEL AND JOHN, HAVE LED A HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGN TO BRING THEIR SON HOME. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, HIS PARENTS TOOK THE STAGE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> IT'S REALLY A GUT PUNCH THAT THAT CALL TO BRING HERSH HOME ENDED IN FAILURE. AND WE'RE ALL IN MOURNING RIGHT NOW. >> TYLER GREGORY IS THE CEO OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, AND WAS THERE IN CHICAGO FOR HIRSCH'S PARENTS SPEECH. >> WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS AN AMERICAN HOSTAGE WAS MURDERED. WE ALL NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN, DIPLOMATICALLY AND MILITARILY, TO BRING THE REMAINING HOSTAGES HOME ALIVE. >> SUNDAY NIGHT, AMID MANY TEARS AND PRAYERS, HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE CONGREGATION. BETH ISRAEL IN BERKELEY TO MOURN THE LOSS OF ALL SIX HOSTAGES KILLED ON MONDAY NIGHT. GREGORY WILL JOIN OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> IN THIS MOMENT OF A LOT OF DESPAIR THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING, WE'RE FINDING STRENGTH IN ONE ANOTHER. >> HIS MOTHER, RACHEL, ENDED MANY SPEECHES OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS WITH A DIRECT MESSAGE FOR HER SON BY SAYING, WE LOVE YOU. STAY STRONG. SURVIVE. AT THE FUNERAL, SHE SHARED A SIMILAR MESSAGE. >> HERSH, THERE'S ONE LAST THING I NEED YOU TO DO FOR US NOW. I NEED YOU TO HELP US STAY STRONG. AND I NEED YOU TO HELP US SURVIVE. >> THERE ARE STILL 101 HOSTAGES REMAINING IN GAZA