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immersed in their defiant extremist belief, hunting, stalking, deadly, in this particular heart of darkness. it was the summer of 2011, a jungle-clad island in the southern tip of the philippines where they prepared the place. and the news of the terrible deed committed here, flashed halfway around the world and came crashing down, out of nowhere, on a modest working class family in lynchburg, virginia. i got a phone call from my mother. the first thing she said was gerfa and kevin were kidnapped in the philippines. reporter: kidnapped? sherry hutter tried to wrap her head around the inconceivable. gerfa was her aunt. kevin, gerfa s 14-year-old son. they were due home from a philippine vacation, instead they were in the clutches of something horrific. i felt like i was in a dream like it wasn t real. and i was just thinking, what?
we know we re gonna die in that cage. reporter: but their captors were on edge. for a reason. this is nbc news footage of military exercises on the coast of basilan that september of 2011, about two months into gerfa s ordeal. the philippine military, supported by american advisors, was launching an offensive against abu sayyaf. which, in turn, became so nervous they decided to move kevin, gerfa and her cousin out of that cage and into a windowless room in a farm house about a day s hike away. and then, one of them pulled gerfa from their cell. they were taking her away. and at that point, i was like, oh my god, they re going to separate me from my son. reporter: they told her she would be back the next day. but she was convinced her time was up. that she was about to be executed. were you ready to die? i was ready. i said, lord, thank you for the beautiful family you gave me.
gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember she worked a lil caesar s pizza and that was the greatest thing to get a job. reporter: she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. and there she met a german immigrant named heiko. and from then on, that it was. they were a family. she became a lab technician. heiko, a maintenance man. they bought a house in a leafy neighborhood of lynchburg and had kevin. and the immigrants 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. he s this normal american kid who likes pizza and hotdogs and burgers, hang out with his friends, play video games, ride on his skateboard. reporter: they lived frugally, saved their money.
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