Family says 80-year-old mom from Boulder is stuck in Israel

An 80-year-old woman from Boulder is stuck in Israel. Her sons in Colorado are trying to get her out, but it's going to take a while.
At her birthday party this summer, Carmen Epstein told the family the exciting news. She was treating herself to a trip to Israel.
"Get a few things done on the bucket list, and see and do the things and not just - you know - fade off into the distance," her son Jay Epstein said.
Jay and her other son Harvey Epstein sat at her home in Boulder on Monday, worried. Her bucket list idea came at the worst time.
"Get stuck there on the day of the biggest war that's been over there since '73," Harvey Epstein said. "As her son it is hard to sit here and stomach."
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Godspeed and may she return safely