prisoners. a mother and son kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million? from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. it s a big operation, it s not this ragtag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. kind of father turned negotiator help bring them home. we prepared him for the worst. i am getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. dateline. hello, and welcome to dateline. they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage sond all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the worldwide hostage drama be resolved before it was all too late? here with heart of darkness is keith morrison. they lay in wait, unseen underneath the green canopy, armed to the teeth, immersed and there to find extremist beliefs, hunting, stalking, deadly in this particula
and this is dateline. i just can t imagine to be held in captivity. dad, just send the money. that s all they want. they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they re thinking they have the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. can a father to negotiator to bring them home? prepare for the worst. i m getting worried. i m getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the wo
That she was about to be executed. Were you ready today . I was ready. I said, lord, thank you for the beautiful family you gave me. I said, if you want me to come home, i am ready. But i want you to let these two boys, guide them out of that jungle. It is in your hands now. They put gerfa on a boat with a bag over her body. But to her complete surprise, they didnt kill her. Instead, they dropped her off on a Footbridge Nary Village and told her, they would be in touch, soon. The started to disappear in the dark ocean. And i knew right then, that my connection to kevin was gone. It was worse than being in prison. There was no freedom for me. She got in touch with the philippine military
that she was about to be executed. were you ready today? i was ready. i said, lord, thank you for the beautiful family you gave me. i said, if you want me to come home, i am ready. but i want you to let these two boys, guide them out of that jungle. it is in your hands now. they put gerfa on a boat with a bag over her body. but to her complete surprise, they didn t kill her. instead, they dropped her off on a footbridge nary village and told her, they would be in touch, soon. the started to disappear in the dark ocean. and i knew right then, that my connection to kevin was gone. it was worse than being in prison. there was no freedom for me. she got in touch with the philippine military.
they didn t kill her. instead, they dropped her off on a footbridge nary village and told her, they would be in touch, soon. the started to disappear in the dark ocean. and i knew right than, that my connection to kevin was gone. it was worse than being in prison. there was no freedom for me. she got in touch with the philippine military. was evacuated to manila, the philippines capital. back in lynchburg, lead fbi negotiator mark thundercloud thought he knew why the kidnappers released gerfa. their intent was to let her go to help raise more money. and now she is out, now she has got to talk to these people. someone needs to be there with her. heiko decided he should stay in lynchburg to, try to find the money. and mark thundercloud moved his operations from the family s kitchen to a hotel room in manila. and there as one month passed, and then another, they tried to help gerfa deal with mr. so. december 6th was the last day with that we talk with mr. so. basically he was sa