article_snippet.sent: Could Warren Weinstein have been saved?
article_snippet.sent: But Weinstein's family in Maryland switched course and went to Weinstein's family in Maryland representatives in Congress in late 2013 after a video of Warren Weinstein -- frail and apparently in declining health -- surfaced in which he said he felt "totally abandoned and forgotten" by he country.
article_snippet.sent: Cardin and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, wrote to President Barack Obama, calling on the U.S. to beef up efforts to secure Warren Weinstein's release and dedicate more resources to the cause.
article_snippet.sent: It's one of those things where it's both there's some hope, but at the same time it caused them some great frustration," Delaney recalled, saying The Weinstein family asked: "Why not Warren?"
article_snippet.sent: And the Weinsteins' took to the airwaves, with Warren Weinstein appearing on CNN's "AC360" to make a public appeal for Warren Weinstein father's release -- and for the U.S. to do more to secure his freedom.
article_snippet.sent: The tragedy of Warren Weinstein's death could be just the momentum needed to spur those reforms.
article_snippet.sent: On Friday, Warren Weinstein said in a statement that Weinstein's family in Maryland has "been moved by the tremendous outpouring of support from around The world."