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>> 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 body was frozen. >> reporter: and then the car passed. and they kept walking. and several hours later they arrived at abu sayyaf's base camp. and this is where they were

>> he didn't care about his safety. he didn't care about his life. and he was begging him to let him in. he said, "this is my family, i want to be with them. 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 try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> reporter: it was early morning, right after sunrise, when they arrived at an island. they were mad...

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 try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and 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 l...

He said, "this is my family, i want to be with them. 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 try to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and 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...

Immigration until after the elections. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. the kidnapped victim, gerfa lunsmann released from captivity. what happened to her son? here is 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 body was frozen. >> reporter: and then the car passed. and they ...