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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. 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...

>> 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...

Astonished. >> we received news that they were released. heiko is excited. i could see and hear joy. >> heiko could scarcely believe it as the news flashed across the philippines. his wife gerfa was alive and free and safe. so inexpressible joy and then gerfa called him and heiko realized the nightmare was starting. >> she was crying and where's kevin? >> he could hear the terror in her voice. they still had kevin and her cousin. they could kill them at any time they wanted. >> i felt her dark place just being a mother myself and it was awful. >> and before long her terror deepened when she le...

Guide heiko. >> if it gets to the point where we're not making progress, he feels we're not making progress. >> i think that you have to hope, that's all what you have, hope. >> but hope was hard to hang on to. the kidnappers offered beheadings. >> sweetheart, what you doing over there? >> i know, honey. >> just tell them i don't have a million. please do that. >> stop. and i told them that you don't have anything but they are just like asking. >> how are you doing? i'm getting worried, so worried. >> a few seconds later the line went dead. >> oh, my god. [ bleep ]. spoken [ bleep ]. >> heiko,...