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
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is in the philippines, her family. gerfa was born in the philippines and always felt safe there. her older sister married a u. s. navy sailor, moved to america in 1985. brought 16 year old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember, she went to little caesar s pizza, it was the greatest thing, to get a job. she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. there she met a german immigrant named heiko. from then on, that was it. they were a family! she became a lab technician, heiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in the leafy neighborhood of lynchburg, virginia and had kevin. and the immigrant son became an all american kid. he was 14 that summer of 2011. smart, studious, and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall.
kevin and gerfa s passports, suitcases, relatives. gerfa, kevin, and one gerfa of s cousins kidnapped by a boat in the dead of night. i was thinking, no, that doesn t happen to us! nobody think it s going to happen to us, right? yeah, but, my wife s heart is in the philippines, her family. gerfa was born in the philippines and always felt safe there. her older sister married a u. s. navy sailor, moved to america in 1985. brought 16 year old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember, she went to little caesar s pizza, it was the greatest thing, to get a job. she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. there she met a german immigrant named heiko. from then on, that was it.
doesn t happen to us! nobody think it s going to happen to us, right? yeah, but, my wife s heart is in the philippines, her family. gerfa was born in the philippines and always felt safe there. her older sister married a u. s. navy sailor, moved to america in 1985. brought 16 year old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember, she went to little caesar s pizza, it was the greatest thing, to get a job. she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. there she met a german immigrant named heiko. from then on, that was it. they were a family! she became a lab technician, heiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in the leafy neighborhood of lynchburg,