tiffany sessions. she vanished more than a quarter of a century ago. the fbi says it's the largest in florida's history and "48 hours" tracy smith shows us the long battle doing everything to get out of it. >> reporter: for 25 years pat sessions has been searching for his daughter tiffany. >> i pushed and pushed so many people for so long they don't know how long i'll do it. >> reporter: it all began on february 9th, 1989, when tiffany, a junior at the university of florida, went out for her daily power walk and disappeared. jim eckert was one of the lead investigators in the case. >> we didn't have a body, we didn't have a weapon, we didn't have a witness. this woman literally vanished off the face of the earth. >> reporter: at the time, sadie darnell was just a young cop. even though she was never actually assigned to the case, sadie would mail and fax pat words of encouragement. >> september 15th, 1995, patrick, i know this must be difficult for you to maintain a constant struggle for tiffany's case. >> i always believed it can and will be solved. i have loyalty to you. the overall goal is for you to have tiffany back. >> reporter: throughout the yea