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Amanda i love you her mother an ocean away. She would turn investigator, then negotiator. We are not playing games could she save her only daughter . Had to be strong for her. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres kate snow with kidnapped. This call. If you guys dont pay 1 million for me, by one week, they will kill me. Okay. Her daughter was on the phone a world away. Shed been kidnapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth. I feel so awful. I cant believe theyre doing this. I hate doing this to you guys. This mother negotiated with kidnappers, with her daughters life on the line. I understand. Did you keep it together . I did. I had to be strong for her. And the daughter faced unimaginable fears. My head is pulled back. And then there was a serrated knife. Their stories are intertwined, amanda and her mother lorinda stewart, both women driven by strength, courage, and most of all, endurance, a story amanda told in detail in the book shes written and here on dateline. It