last night we spoke to christof putzil, it who tells the story of a young american who became an islamict days he was been contacted by the terrorist omar humammy. tonight as promised christof putzil introduced to omar humammy parents. >> omar humammy, the 28-year-old american from alabama who joined in al-qaeda-affiliated islamic militant group in sew mally has just published his paper confirming he is alive. following his journey from small town suburban kid in alabama to waging jihad on the front lines. however, i had not been in touch until now. last month he contacted me to say he was alive and wanted to tell his story. i drove to alabama to tell his parents. >> hi, it's krzysztof, i'm on my way over. i should be there in about ten minutes. omar's father is sirrian american, and his mother debra a southern baptist. they haven't heard from omar humammy in hears. >> the first thing i do in the morning is scour the internet. and as long as i know that he is alive . . . that is enough for me. [ sobbing ] >> he logged on to the internet. where that morning, he released a 125-page memoir