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I'm 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 morrison. >> in the dark of the philippine jungle, surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann look terrified at her 14 year old son. and approaching car had put the kidnappers on alert. and now, one of them held an automatic rifle to kevin's head. >> i just said don't move, son. well my entire body was frozen. >> and then the car passed and they kept walking. several hours later, they arrived at abu sayyaf his's base c...

Agent, dan girsch, was astonished. >> we received tremendous news that gerfa was released. heiko was excited. i could see and hear just joy. heiko could scarcely believe it was a news flash across the philippines. his wife gerfa was alive and free and safe. so, inexplicable joy. and then gerfa called him and heiko realized the nightmare was just beginning. >> she called me really sad, and crying. my first question was, where is kevin? >> he could hear the terror and her voice. abu sayyaf still had kevin and her cousin. they could kill them anytime they wanted. >> and i felt her dark place, a m...

News that gerfa was released. obviously, heiko's very excited -- i could see and hear just joy. joy. >> reporter: heiko could scarcely believe it. as the news flashed across the philippines. and to 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 "where's kevin?" >> reporter: he could hear the terror in her voice. abu sayyaf still had kevin and her cousin. they could kill them any time they wan...

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 find yourself thinking, stay calm. 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 the boys go." but in response, one of the men raised his machete. >> he looked at me and...

This weekend. nebraska and iowa seeing tough conditions. flooding expected in missouri sunday. now, back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. kidnapped victim gerfa had been released. but what about the fate of her son. and her cousin? here's 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 kevin's head. >> i just said, "don't move, son" while my entire ...