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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...

Kidnap for ransom. abu sayyaf had taken american hostages before. some were released eventually, but some were beheaded. heiko was frantic, had no idea what to do where to turn. that very day, the cavalry came running in. >> my boss from work called, come on over to work, the fbi is here for you. >> what was it like to hear the fbi was actually paying attention to this? >> it is really real now. this is a real thing. >> we never know how families are going to react, obviously. but almost in ever...

Here for you. >> what was it like to hear the fbi was paying attention to this? >> that its really real now, this is the real thing. >> we never know how families are gonna react, obviously. but almost in every case, theyre in a state of crisis. >> reporter: mark thundercloud was the leader of a special fbi hostage negotiating unit, formed precisely for an emergency like this. more than a dozen agents descended on the lunsmann house, covered the windows, set up a surveillance system in heikos ki...

The fbi is here for you. >> what was it like to know the fbi is paying attention to this? >> its really real now. this is the real thing. >> we never know how families are going to react, obviously. but almost in every case theyre in a state of crisis. >> reporter: mark thundercloud was the leader of a special fbi hostage negotiating unit, formed precisely for an emergency like this. more than a dozen agents descended on the lunsmann house, covered the windows, set up a surveillance system in he...

Abu sayyaf had taken american hostages before. some were released eventually. but some were beheaded. heiko was frantic, had no idea what to do, where to turn. and then, that very day, the cavalry came riding in. >> my boss from work called. come on over to work. the fbi is here for you. >> what was it like to know the fbi is paying attention to this? >> its really real now. this is the real thing. >> we never know how families are going to react, obviously. but almost in every case theyre in a ...

Running into. >> my boss from work called, come over, the fbi is here for you. >> what was it like to hear the fbi was paying attention to this? >> it is really real now. this is the real thing. >> we never know how families are going to react obviously, but almost in every case theyre in a state of crisis. >> mark thundercloud was the leader of a special fbi hostage negotiating unit, form precisely for an emergency like this. more than a dozen agents descdeon the house, covered the windows, set...

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