Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
8
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Two college students who disappeared while trying to scale a Colorado mountain have been found dead after they were caught up in a snowstorm, police said.
asserted
police → disappear → snowstorm
Colorado Mountain College Leadville students Jackson Donlon, a 20-year-old New York native, and Kaden Matsuda, 19, went missing while trying to scale Ice Mountain – a near 14,000-foot peak – over the weekend as a storm dumped around two feet of snow.
They were found near each other in a nearby mountain’s basin half a mile away on Wednesday, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said, announcing the deaths with “profound sadness.”
asserted
Office → miss → sadness
“Foul play is not suspected,” the sheriff’s department wrote, while stressing: “We will not offer theories as to what may have happened until an autopsy can be completed.”
uncertain
autopsy → suspect → theories
“Our heart aches for Kaden and Jackson’s family and friends,” the department said.
asserted
department → ache → Kaden
“Although this is a gut punch, our prayers were answered that we would find Kaden and Jackson, allowing some closure for the family.”
asserted
we → answer → family
Matsuda, an aspiring wildland firefighter from Ridgway, Colorado, and Donlon left campus on Friday ahead of their trip.
asserted
Matsuda → leave → trip
They were reported missing on Monday when they failed to return to campus.
asserted
they → report → campus
They had told friends they would return to campus by Sunday, with the alarm raised when they had failed to return by Monday.
asserted
they → tell → Monday
While they were hiking, a storm pummelled the area, dumping around two feet of snow, the Colorado Sun reported.
asserted
Sun → hike → snow
Drones with infrared technology, helicopters and K9s were all deployed as part of the search – but there were no positive sightings of either hiker.
asserted
Drones → deploy → hiker
Investigators also found that neither hiker had used their cell phone in the past 48 hours – but cops suspected they may have switched off their devices to preserve battery life.
uncertain
they → find → life
On Tuesday, the hikers’ tent was found collapsed under the weight of the snow – but there was still no sign of the pair.
asserted
tent → find → pair
Sleeping bags, a stove and clothes were found inside, investigators said.
asserted
investigators → sleep → ?
Deputies also found Matsuda’s car — which had roughly eight inches of snow around it, but said none was under the vehicle.
asserted
none → find → vehicle
Despite the worrying finds, cops were not ruling out the possibility that the students would be found alive.
asserted
students → rule → possibility
Andy Rohrich, the Chaffee County Sheriff, said Tuesday he was optimistic the students would be “hunkered down somewhere waiting to be rescued.”
asserted
students → say → ?
He tried to stay optimistic, alluding to Donlon’s experience from studying to become a mountain guide.
asserted
He → try → experience
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