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
I didnt know what to expect because of what theyve been through. But they were just so grateful to be back with their family. In 2012, the Philippine Army caught three of gerfa and kevins got kidnappers. They return to the philippines to testify at their trial and helped sent their captors to prison. Kevin was honored for his bravery by the Virginia General Assembly and met president obama. Then kevin went off to college, had an idea about joining the fbi one day. He was there, you know, as a boy. And now he came back as a man. You must be pretty proud of that boy . Very proud. Years that separate their ordeal from this evening On The Beach with us have erased not a moment of the memory. The terror their shared. The pain, the desperation, sorrow. And finally, joy. But we look on and see a bond
Heiko lunsmann got his first ransom call. On the phone, the man who called himself mr. So he called me mr. Lunsmann. But i wanted to know what i can call you. A kidnapper, terrorists . Just give me a name. Mr. So was calm, businesslike. Like he done it 100 times before. In fact, he was the voice for a violent Separatist Group known for executing prisoners. Beheadings, usually. We would like to tell you that we need 10 Million u. S. Dollars for the u. S. Release of your family. Can you hear me . And i was just was thinking, are you losing your mind . Who do you think youve got . Just couldnt believe. It 10 Million. From me . Why would they think heiko
his pursuers wouldnt think to look there. and he fell asleep in a mosquito infested swamp. when the sun rose, he opened his eyes, i remember waking up and not swung the rumor of coffee they ve been brewing, or maybe the types of fried rice. it didn t smell like any of that. it s not like fresh air, i smelled freedom. at least for the moment. but where was he? at a point, i couldn t keep going through brush because i didn t know my location. i had to keep walking. and possibly get on a road, maybe i could find a different way. but there was a danger, because people could see you? people might see me. on this island, you don t know who is with them and who s not, right? right. but it was a risk he had to take. and soon regretted. walking down the road, he heard a voice behind him. a man was approaching. and he had a rifle. coming up