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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...

Astonished. >> we received news that they were released. heiko is excited. i could see and hear joy. >> heiko could scarcely believe it as the news flashed across the philippines. his wife gerfa was alive and free and safe. so inexpressible joy and then gerfa called him and heiko realized the nightmare was starting. >> she was crying and wheres kevin? >> he could hear the terror in her voice. they still had kevin and her cousin. they could kill them at any time they wanted. >> i felt her dark pl...

Guide heiko. >> if it gets to the point where were not making progress, he feels were not making progress. >> i think that you have to hope, thats all what you have, hope. >> but hope was hard to hang on to. the kidnappers offered beheadings. >> sweetheart, what you doing over there? >> i know, honey. >> just tell them i dont have a million. please do that. >> stop. and i told them that you dont have anything but they are just like asking. >> how are you doing? im getting worried, so worried. >>...

Collapsed. i knew if i could not convince him i dont have that money i will never see my family again. i looked up towards this heaven and there was this one star just blinking. one star up in that sky, i pointed and said, if they can get that star, my husband can give them $10 million. >> gerfa knew heiko would accepted all the money they had, even as the kidnappers squeezed him by putting his terrified son on the phone. >> dad, send the money. thats all they want. >> heiko didnt realize that t...

Money. shu shes out. someone needs to be there with her. >> heiko decided he should stay in lynchburg, try to find the money. mark thunder cloud moved his operations from the founders kitchen to a hotel room in the village and there as one month passed and then another, they tried to help gerfa deal with mr. soh. >> december 7th. what youre offering is not enough. this might be the last communication we ever have. weve still expected calm. out of seventh, nothing, out of eighth, nothing, out of ...

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 ...