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This is a big operation. This is not a ragtag group of people. Anything can happen. There are no guarantees. Can a father turned negotiator help bring them home . We prepared him for the worst. Im getting worried. I am getting so worried. A lot of people were praying for them. A lot of people were. Heres Keith Morrison with heart of darkness. Reporter they lay in wait, unseen under a thick green canopy, armed to the teeth. Immersed in their defiant extremist belief, hunting, stalking, deadly, in...

This is a big operation. This is not just this ragtag group of people. Anything can happen. There are no guarantees. Can a father turned negotiator help bring them home . We prepared him for the worst. Im getting worried. Im getting so worried. A lot of people were praying for them. A lot of people were. Hem low and welcome to dateline. They were on a dream vacation when they were kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. Would it be resolved until it was all too late ....

Thats all they want. >> heiko maxed out his credit cards. board money from whomever he could. but it never seemed to be enough. >> as the incidents grows from weeks into months, we end up with so many boards that we have to work our way down this hallway. >> daniel girsch was one of the hostage negotiators assigned to heiko. and i guess >> it gets to the point where we dont think were making progress. heiko feels like were not making progress. >> you just hope. thats all. you just hope. >> but h...

Then 1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> that. >> yeah. >> are you there? >> how are you doing? >> we need you to send the money. >> i know that and i am ready. but all i have over here i will send. >> dad. dad. just send the money. thats all they want. >> heiko maxed out his credit cards. board money from whomever he could. but it never seemed to be enough. >> as the incidents grows from weeks into months, we end up with s...

But they started wanting more and more and more. >> reporter: more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from $10 million, to $2 million, then $1 million. still impossible. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> dad! >> yeah. how are you doing over there? >> are you there? we need you to send the money. >> i know that, and im ready, but all that i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! just send the money. thats all they want. >> reporter: heiko m...

>> reporter: daniel girsch was one of the hostage negotiators assigned to guide heiko. >> and it gets to the point where we dont think that were making progress. heiko feels like were not making progress. >> i just think you just hope. thats all what you have, hope. >> reporter: but hope was hard to hang on to. the kidnappers kept threatening beheadings. even worse, they put gerfa on the phone and beat her while she talked to heiko. >> sweetheart, what are you doing over there? >> i know, honey....

And more and more. >> reporter: more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from 10 million to 2 million. then 1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> dad! >> yeah. how are you doing over there? >> are you there? we need you to send the money. >> i know that, and im ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. thats all they want. >> reporter: heiko maxed out his credit car...

Money and its over. but they started wanting more and more and more. >> reporter: more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from 10 million to 2 million. then 1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> dad! >> yeah. how are you doing over there? >> are you there? we need you to send the money. >> i know that, and im ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. thats all they...

But they started wanting more and more and more. >> reporter: more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from 10 million to 2 million. then 1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> dad! >> yeah. how are you doing over there? >> are you there? we need you to send the money. >> i know that, and im ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. thats all they want. >> reporter: ...

Still impossible. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. >> dad! >> yeah. how are you doing over there? >> are you there? we need you to send the money. >> i know that, and im ready, but all that i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! just send the money. thats all they want. >> reporter: heiko maxed out his credit cards. borrowed money from whomever he could. but it never seemed to be enough. >> as the incident grows from weeks into months, we end up ...