here again is keith morrison. in the dark of the philippine jungle, surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann look terrified at her 14 year old son. and approaching car had put the kidnappers on alert. and now, one of them held an automatic rifle to kevin s head. i just said don t move, son. well my entire body was frozen. and then the car passed and they kept walking. several hours later, they arrived at abu sayyaf his s base camp. and this is where they were brought. to a cage in the jungle. not this cage, we actually built this one. but the exact specifications given to us by gerfa. five feet by five feet, some old broken boards for a floor. jungle stitch lashed together with mark. no roof, no protection from the elements. but a key gesture cure as any cage in any prison. there were guard tents on either side of the cage. and a sniper on the hill above, watching them. and right beside the cage, a seemingly bottomless cliff, planted with land mines, said their c
kidnap for ransom. abu sayyaf had taken american hostages before. some were released eventually, but some were beheaded. heiko was frantic, had no idea what to do where to turn. that very day, the cavalry came running in. my boss from work called, come on over to work, the fbi is here for you. what was it like to hear the fbi was actually paying attention to this? it is really real now. this is a real thing. we never know how families are going to react, obviously. but almost in every case, they are in a state of crisis. mark thundercloud was a leader of a special fbi hostage negotiating unit. formed precisely for an emergency like this. more than that it doesn t agents set up the lunsmann house. covered windows, set up a
jungle stitch lashed together with mark. no roof, no protection from the elements. but a key gesture cure as any cage in any prison. there were guard tents on either side of the cage. and a sniper on the hill above, watching them. and right beside the cage, a seemingly bottomless cliff, planted with land mines, said their captors. i know you ve been walking for about 36 hours or something. how did you feel? well, exhausted physically, spiritually, mentally. and then they present you with this? exactly, and you see this base of crap. and this guy told us get in. and you want to resist. because you know you are not this is gerfa s cousin. the young man who forced the
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 saying, look, what you are offering is not enough. this might be the last communication that we ever have. we still expected calls. but on the seventh, nothing. on the eighth, nothing. on the ninth, nothing. oh they would hear what happened to kevin, soon enough. a shock in waiting. dateline returns after the break. and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn t for people with type 1 diabetes. don t take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2,
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 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