often excruciating reality of desperate families separated by a border. in 2014 manuel gamez was an undocumented immigrant who had spent seven years living on long island, new york, working as a mechanic. his father was taking care of his daughter in honduras. manuel says his father was killed by ms-13 gang members in 2014 for not paying extortion bribes and that after that he decided to send his daughter here to the united states to live with family members in new york and that she was granted asylum. reporter: gamez thought if his daughter had been granted asylum he would, as well, but he was denied. after that he crossed the border illegally twice hoping to reunite with his daughter who was now thriving, learning english and dreaming of a career in medicine while living with his sisters, but heidi would often break down in tears because she missed her father. jessica and zoila gamez garcia are heidi s aunts and heidi was
reporter: manuel gamez is living a nightmare watching his life unravel. he s on his last walk to say good-bye to his 13-year-old daughter who has been on life support since she attempted to take her own life in early july and the pain of knowing his attempts to cross the border failed to make it in time is too much to bear. manuel says he was in a detention facility in texas when he got the news that his daughter had tried to commit suicide by hanging herself. reporter: gamez was given an ankle monitor and a two-week humanitarian parole so he could see his daughter one last time. reporter: why do you think your daughter did this? he says she lost hope that they would be reunited. this family s story captures the