INFORMATION. THAT'S THE LATEST HERE IN FOREST PARK. NATE ROGERS, FOX 32, CHICAGO. MY SWEET BOY. FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY. YOU'RE FREE. AN ILLINOIS NATIVE SAYS IT WAS AN HONOR TO HAVE HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN AS HER SON. THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN WAS AMONG SIX HOSTAGES FOUND DEAD IN GAZA OVER THE WEEKEND. HE WAS JUST 23 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE HAMAS KIDNAPED HIM FROM A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL. DURING S FUNERAL TODAY, THE ISRAELI PRESIDENT APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILY. TIA EWING IS IN THE STUDIO WITH HIS MESSAGE. TIA. WELL, SYLVIA AND TARYN, YOU'LL REMEMBER IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, REALLY, THAT WE HEARD FROM THE FAMILY AT THE DNC. OPTIMISTIC THAT HE WOULD RETURN HOME. THE PARENTS OF GOLDBERG-POLIN HAVE CHICAGO ROOTS. JOHN POLEN GREW UP IN WEST ROGERS PARK IN SKOKIE, AND RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN WAS RAISED IN STREETERVILLE. THE FAMILY NOW LIVES IN JERUSALEM. HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN WAS ONE OF 240 HOSTAGES ABDUCTED LAST YEAR. HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE FACES OF THE HOSTAGE CRISIS, AS HIS PARENTS HAVE LOBBIED EXTENSIVELY FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL OF THE HOSTAGES. MEETING WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDE, POPE FRANCIS. AND JUST LAST MONTH, THEY WERE HERE IN CHICAGO, SPEAKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE YOU AND WE DIDN'T THINK OF IT, I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS. WE TRIED SO VERY HARD, SO DEEPLY, AND DESPERATELY. I'M SORRY FOR 330 DAYS, MAMA AND I SOUGHT THE PROVERBIAL STONE THAT WE COULD TURN OVER TO SAVE YOU. MAYBE JUST MAYBE, YOUR DEATH IS THE STONE. THE FUEL THAT WILL BRING HOME THE REMAINING 101 HOSTAGES. THIS IS THEIR ONLY SON. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED TODAY'S FUNERAL SERVICES IN JERUSALEM. ISRAELI PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG ASKED THE FAMILY FOR FORGIVENESS. AS A HUMAN BEING, AS A FATHER, AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, I WANT TO SAY HOW SORRY I