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>> reporter: in the dark of a philippine jungle, surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann looked, terrified, at her 14-year-old son. an approaching car had put the kidnappers on alert. and now one of them held an automatic rifle to kevins head. >> i just said, "dont move, son" while my entire body was frozen. >> reporter: and then the car passed. and they kept walking. and several hours later they arrived at abu sayyafs base camp. and this is where they were

>> he didnt care about his safety. he didnt care about his life. and he was begging him to let him in. he said, "this is my family, i want to be with them. my fate will be the same." >> reporter: so they took her cousin too. gerfa watched the shore disappear into the darkness. in a matter of a moment you went from a feeling of incredible peace to the worst nightmare you could ever imagine. >> chaos. complete chaos. and you try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> ...

My fate will be the same." >> reporter: so they took her cousin too. gerfa watched the shore disappear into the darkness. in a matter of a moment you went from a feeling of incredible peace to the worst nightmare you could ever imagine. >> chaos. complete chaos. and you try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> reporter: it was early morning, right after sunrise, when they arrived at an island. they were made to sit hidden in the mangroves. "take me," gerfa pleaded...

He said, "this is my family, i want to be with them. my fate will be the same." >> reporter: so they took her cousin too. gerfa watched the shore disappear into the darkness. in a matter of a moment you went from a feeling of incredible peace to the worst nightmare you could ever imagine. >> chaos. complete chaos. and you try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> reporter: it was early morning, right after sunrise, when they arrived at an island. they were made to ...

Immigration until after the elections. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." im craig melvin. the kidnapped victim, gerfa lunsmann released from captivity. what happened to her son? here is keith morrison. >> reporter: in the dark of a philippine jungle, surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann looked, terrified, at her 14-year-old son. an approaching car had put the kidnappers on alert. and now one of them held an automatic rifle to kevins head. >> i just said, ...

>> reporter: so they took her cousin too. gerfa watched the shore disappear into the darkness. in a matter of a moment you went from a feeling of incredible peace to the worst nightmare you could ever imagine. >> chaos. complete chaos. and you try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> reporter: it was early morning, right after sunrise, when they arrived at an island. they were made to sit hidden in the mangroves. "take me," gerfa pleaded with the kidnappers, "let ...

Of the affordable care act and civil rights. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." im craig melvin. kidnap victim gerfa lunsmann had been released from her jungle captivity, but what about the fate of her son and her cousin? here again is keith morris. >> in the dark of a philippine jungle surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann looked terrified at her 14-year-old son. an approaching car had put the kidnapper on alert and now one of them had an automatic rifle t...

That gerfa was released. obviously heiko was very excited. i could see and hear just joy, joy. >> heiko could scarcely believe it as the news flashed across the philippines and lynchburg, virginia. his wife gerfa was alive and free and safe. so inexpressible joy, and then gerfa called him and heiko realized the nightmare was just beginning. >> she called me really, really sad and crying. so my first question to her was, wheres kevin. >> he could hear the terror in her voice. abu sayyaf still had...

Them, my fate will be the same. >> so they took her cousin, too. gerfa watched the shore disappear into the darkness. >> in a matter of a moment you went from a feeling of incredible peace to the worst nightmare you could ever imagine. >> chaos, complete chaos. and you tried to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> it was early morning, right after sunrise when they arrived on an island. they were made to sit hidden in the mangroves. take me, gerfa pleaded with the ki...

I scream for help. i was terrified. i never screamed that loud in my life. >> reporter: gerfa rushed back to her hut and grabbed kevin. together they ran toward the beach. but they didnt get far. in an instant they were surrounded by several armed men in military fatigues. >> kevin was looking at me. he was in front of me. and -- when suddenly someone kick him from behind that violence right there -- they were rough right away. its like, why did they -- why did they kick my son? >> reporter: a m...