“Ferragosto” is traditionally celebrated in Italy on 
Aug. 15, and our own Pittsburgh version of the Italian holiday will be celebrated this weekend in the Strip District. As with many customs that we have taken from the old country, we have made it our own, and how we do it
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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 rat s nest 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.
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania â 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 âhomeâ the boys lived in was a ratâs nest with dog feces, fleas and no beds. The oldest brotherâs hair was falling out in gobs, and his skin was filled with red blotches. The younger brother wept all of the time.