article_snippet.sent: (CNN)For years, Warren Weinstein's family frantically searched for details about Warren Weinstein's whereabouts and pushed for Warren Weinstein's release.
article_snippet.sent: We are going through," Warren Weinstein's said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: Weinstein's health had been deteriorating, Obama said.
article_snippet.sent: Last year Weinstein told CNN Weinstein father suffered from a heart condition and severe asthma.
article_snippet.sent: But a prisoner swap never happened for Weinstein, even though Weinstein's family pushed for one.
article_snippet.sent: Needless to say, I've been suffering deep anxiety every part of every day, not knowing what is happening to Weinstein's family and not knowing how Weinstein's family are and because I am not with Weinstein's family,Weinstein Weinstein said in a video of Weinstein.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, The Washington Post also reported that The Washington Post had received a letter from Weinstein.
article_snippet.sent: I hope that the media can mount a campaign to get the American government to actively pursue my release and to make sure that I am not forgotten and just become another statistic," a letter from Weinstein said.
article_snippet.sent: While Maryland members of Congress -- Rep. John Delaney, Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Sen. Ben Cardin -- and members of the FBI were "relentless" in efforts to free her husband, Weinstein's wife said others in the American government were "inconsistent and disappointing over the course of 3½ years.
article_snippet.sent: Opinion: Could Weinstein have been saved?
highlights_snippet.sent: Warren Weinstein's wife says the family is still searching for answers .
  