abu sayyaf still had kevin and her cousin.r dark place, a mother myself. and it was awful. >> before long, the terror deepened, when she learned her cousin got out, which meant that there and that awful place, her 14 year old son, no one left to protect him, was all alone. >> i remember seeing the picture of her that was in the news and she just looked so sad. she looked so sad and helpless. >> this is gerfa, and even five years later, the memory is brutal. we brought her back here to the philippines and oscar to tell us her story. the story that began at 2:00 in the morning, at the end of a happy family reunion on a beach, just about like this one. >> it does take you back. you can hear the water, the waves. you can feel the wind. you see the evening sky, the stars. >> it was a beautiful thing. >> it was a beautiful morning. suddenly, i saw from the left side, two men running really fast, like on the sand with some kind of rifle. my first impression was it with some kind of robbery. i screamed for help. i was terrified, i nev