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
The Guardian'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 Colorado college students have been found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains last weekend when a heavy snowstorm hit, authorities said.
asserted
authorities → find → Mountains
The bodies of Kaden Matsuda, 19, of Ridgway, Colorado, and Jackson Donlon, 20, of New York, were found on Wednesday afternoon in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, about 100 miles (160km) south-east of Aspen, the Chaffee county sheriff’s office said in a statement posted on social media.
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office → find → media
The pair left Colorado Mountain College’s Leadville campus on Friday, telling family and friends they planned to hike up Ice Mountain, a nearly 14,000ft (4,270-meter) peak near West Apostle Mountain that requires technical climbing, the sheriff’s office said.
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office → leave → climbing
They were expected back by Sunday, but college staff reported them missing on Monday morning.
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staff → expect → morning
The sheriff’s office said the causes of their deaths were under investigation, but foul play was not suspected.
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play → say → investigation
Authorities said they would not offer theories on what may have happened until autopsies are completed.
uncertain
autopsies → say → theories
“Our heart aches for Kaden and Jackson’s family and friends,” Chaffee county’s sheriff, Andy Rohrich, said in the statement on Wednesday night.
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sheriff → ache → night
“We are very proud of our team’s efforts to find them before this weekend’s coming storm.
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We → find → storm
Although this is a gut punch, our prayers were answered that we would find Kaden and Jackson, allowing some closure for the family.”
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we → answer → family
About 60 search and rescue volunteers, aided by helicopters, drones and dogs, searched for the two men.
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volunteers → aid → men
The helicopter crew on Tuesday discovered a tent collapsed under the snow with their sleeping bags, a stove and clothing near a lake north-west of Ice Mountain, but the students were nowhere to be found.
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students → discover → Mountain
Based on the tent’s location, officials said they were aiming for the 13,597ft West Apostle Mountain.
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they → base → Mountain
Friends and family described both men as experienced hikers and climbers.
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Friends → describe → hikers
The sheriff’s office said their climbing equipment was not in their dorms, tent or vehicle, suggesting they left their tent prepared for a technical climb.
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they → say → climb
Trash inside the tent indicated they had eaten before starting their hike, officials said.
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officials → indicate → hike
Matsuda was studying to become a wildland firefighter, and Donlon was studying to become a mountain guide, Rohrich said.
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Rohrich → study → ?
Authorities had been concerned that aerial searches could be limited later this week because of poor weather that is expected to begin on Friday.
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that → concern → Friday
The Aporia
