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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. >> its a big operation, its 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 lo...

>> and this is dateline. >> i just cant imagine to be held in captivity. >> dad, just send the money. thats all they want. >> they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. theyre 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. >> t...

Kevin and gerfas passports, suitcases, relatives. gerfa, kevin, and one gerfa ofs cousins kidnapped by a boat in the dead of night. >> i was thinking, no, that doesnt happen to us! >> nobody think its going to happen to us, right? >> yeah, but, my wifes 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...

Doesnt happen to us! >> nobody think its going to happen to us, right? >> yeah, but, my wifes 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 caesars pizza, it was the greatest thing, to get a job. >> she had a s...

The philippines, had always felt safe there. her older sister married a u.s. navy sailor and moved to america in 1985. brought then 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 worked at little caesars 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...

In 1985. brought then 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 worked at little caesars 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 was it. they were a family. she become a lab technician, heiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in a le...

Her older sister married a u.s. navy sailor and moved to america in 1985. brought then 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 worked at little caesars 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 was it. they were a family. she become a lab...

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