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Published April 15, 2009, 12:00 AM

Coggio family


The last time the Coggios of River Falls saw Richard Phillips, who was saved from pirates over the weekend, was at a family reunion in Vermont nearly two years ago. Here, the Coggios pose at the summit of Vermont’s second tallest mountain, Camel’s Hump. Grace and Bill Coggio are in back with daughters Dana, Tessa and Ellen. The mountaintop where they are is visible from the home of Richard Phillips and his wife Andrea, who is Bill’s sister.


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