and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. reporter: here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in paradise. or so the other vacationers must have assumed here in america s mid-pacific garden. in the lush resort near honolulu. but they would be wrong. this journey has more to do with a personal hell than any paradise. that and a long ago promise to their mother. could you have believed that you would be sitting here in this hotel room, talking about this subject, in the year 2014?
and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. reporter: here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in paradise. or so the other vacationers must have assumed here in america s mid-pacific garden. in the lush resort near honolulu. but they would be wrong. this journey has more to do with a personal hell than any paradise. that and a long ago promise to their mother. could you have believed that you would be sitting here in this hotel room, talking about this subject, in the year 2014?
and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. reporter: here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in paradise. or so the other vacationers must have assumed here in america s mid-pacific garden. in the lush resort near honolulu. this journey has more to do with a personal hell than any paradise. that and a long ago promise to their mother. could you have believed that you would be sitting here in this hotel room, talking about this subject, in the year 2014? no. it s pretty crazy.
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