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>> reporter: daniel girsch was one of the hostage negotiators assigned to guide heiko. >> and it gets to the point where we don't think that we're making progress. heiko feels like we're not making progress. >> i just think you just hope. that's 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. i'm just so -- >> just tell them i don't have a million. please do that. >> i want this to stop...

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 i'm ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. that's 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 gr...

Money and it's 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 i'm ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. that's all they want. >> reporter: heiko maxed out his credit cards, borrowed money from whomever he could. but ...

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 i'm ready, but all i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! dad, just send the money. that's all they want. >> reporter: heiko maxed out his credit cards, borrowed money from whomever he could. but it never seemed to be...

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 i'm ready, but all that i have over here i will send, and they know it. >> dad! just send the money. that's 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 with so many boards that we have to work our way down this hallway. >> reporter: daniel girsch was...