One girl's mother is on the verge of dying from brain cancer. One man missed the birth of his child. Another man turned 79 in captivity. These are stories of some the people who remain hostages in Gaza, who were kidnapped in Israel on October 7th. Relatives of some of the hostages recently came to Denver from Israel to seek help getting their release. The families had no political message. The only thing they want is to bring the hostages home. "The only thing that matters right now is to bring all the 136 hostages back home dead, or alive," a relative told 9NEWS. These are their stories: