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Newlywed missing in Costa Rica after being swept away by flood waters

Newlywed missing in Costa Rica after being swept away by flood waters
WEBVTT >> THEY JUST GOT MARRIED AND IT WAS THEIR HONEYMOON THAT THEY SPENT ALL THIS MONEY ON, AND NOW A FEW DAYS IN THIS HAPPENS. -- AND THIS HAPPENS. KELLI: IT WAS ONLY DAYS AGO WHEN HUDSON’S JOSH BYRNE WAS KISSING HIS NEW BRIDE. JOSH AND BIANCA MARRYING ON A FARM IN NH SURROUNDED BY THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, A DAY TO REMEMBER, A DAY FILLED WITH HAPPINESS. THE NEWLYWEDS, THEN JETTING OFF TO COSTA RICA’S WESTERN COAST FOR THEIR HONEYMOON, A DREAM VACATION. BUT NOW DAYS LATER, JOSH IS MISSING. >> THERE WAS SORT OF LIKE A FLASH FLOOD. THEY WERE TRYING TO GO ACROSS A BRIDGE. THEIR CAR GOT SWEPT INTO THE RIVER. THEY BOTH GOT OUT. THEY BOTH TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE SHORE, BUT JOSH GOT, HE GOT SWEPT AWAY WHILE BIANCA MADE IT ACROSS. I’M PRAYING JOSH IS HUGGING A TREE AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND HIM AND GET HIM BACK HOME. KELLI: FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SICKENED WITH WORRY ALONG WITH HIS WIFE. JOSH’S FATHER AND BROTHER FLYING TO THE COUNTRY AS WE SPEAK TO START SEARCHING, AS HIS LOVED ONES HOLD OUT HOPE HERE AT HOME THAT THE 30-YEAR-OLD WILL BE FOUND SAFE AND SOUND. >> THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW THE NICEST TWO PEOPLE YOU’D , EVER WANT TO MEET. IT HAS BEEN VERY UPSETTING. >> WE NEED HIM TO COME HOME, COME HOME SAFE. THE FAMILY -- KELLI: THE FAMILY IS GOING TO COSTA RICA. THEY ARE OFFERING A $5,000 REWARD. THEY ARE HOPING THEIR LONGEST CONGRESSWOMAN -- LOOK AT -- LOCAL CONGRESSWOMAN CAN GIVE THEM A HELPING HAN
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Newlywed missing in Costa Rica after being swept away by flood waters
Family members have flown to Costa Rica to help with the search for Josh Byrne, a Hudson, Massachusetts native who was swept away by flood waters while on his honeymoon in Costa Rica.The 30-year-old Byrne was married to his wife Bianca last weekend on a farm in New Hampshire. The newlyweds were honeymooning on the west coast of Costa Rica, in an area known as Playa Dominicalito, when they were caught up in a flash flood as they were trying to cross a bridge. Bianca was able to swim to shore, but Byrne was swept away. Josh's father and brother flew to the country Friday to help locals search along the banks of the river for him. They told WCVB on Saturday that the search had to be suspended due to weather. Family members are offering a $5,000 reward and hoping to receive help from Massachusetts political leaders to aid in the search.

Family members have flown to Costa Rica to help with the search for Josh Byrne, a Hudson, Massachusetts native who was swept away by flood waters while on his honeymoon in Costa Rica.

The 30-year-old Byrne was married to his wife Bianca last weekend on a farm in New Hampshire.

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The newlyweds were honeymooning on the west coast of Costa Rica, in an area known as Playa Dominicalito, when they were caught up in a flash flood as they were trying to cross a bridge.

Bianca was able to swim to shore, but Byrne was swept away.

Josh's father and brother flew to the country Friday to help locals search along the banks of the river for him. They told WCVB on Saturday that the search had to be suspended due to weather.

Family members are offering a $5,000 reward and hoping to receive help from Massachusetts political leaders to aid in the search.