Livelihoods and liberty left in the lurch
Posted on ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania Seven years ago, combat veteran Jack Mook was a hard-nosed Pittsburgh detective who stumbled upon two young brothers who showed up intermittently at the boxing gym where he volunteered. The boys were living on the edge of despair: Their birth parents had failed them, their foster parents had failed them, and the system had failed them.
The home the boys lived in was a filthy rats nest filled with dog feces, fleas, and no beds. The oldest brother’s hair was falling out in gobs, and his skin was filled with red blotches. The younger brother wept all of the time.