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>> 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 looked at me and he said, "d...

Of the affordable care act and civil rights. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." 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 morris. >> 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 kidnapper on alert and now one of them had an automatic rifle to kevin's head. >> i just said, don't move, son. while my entire body was frozen. >> and then the c...

That gerfa was released. obviously heiko was very excited. i could see and hear just joy, joy. >> heiko could scarcely believe it as the news flashed across the philippines and 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. >> he could hear the terror in her voice. abu sayyaf still had kevin and her cousin. they could kill them at any time they wanted. >> and i felt her dark place, ...

Them, my fate will be the same. >> 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 tried to control yourself, trying to stay calm. and how do you do that? >> it was early morning, right after sunrise when they arrived on an island. they were made to sit hidden in the mangroves. take me, gerfa pleaded with the kidnapper, let the boys go. but in response one of the men raised his machete. >> he looked at me and ...

I scream for help. i was terrified. i never screamed that loud in my life. >> reporter: gerfa rushed back to her hut and grabbed kevin. together they ran toward the beach. but they didn't get far. in an instant they were surrounded by several armed men in military fatigues. >> kevin was looking at me. he was in front of me. and -- when suddenly someone kick him from behind that violence right there -- they were rough right away. it's like, why did they -- why did they kick my son? >> reporter: a motor boat suddenly appeared. the men pushed kevin and gerfa into it. shocked and frightened, gerfa...