ocean last friday. on board gene and scott adam of california and phil list mckay and bob rigle from seattle. as our chris lawrence was reporting a trip of faith and, of course, adventure, and then we got word that they had been held hostage by is a maly pirates. we are now getting word after chris reported they were killed, this is coming straight from centcom and its commander that it was this afternoon negotiations were apparently ongoing to try to secure the release of these four hostages. u.s. forces were involved with those negotiations. and then, apparently, gunfire was heard aboard that pirated vessel, the sb quest. so u.s. forces responded to that gunfire. as soon as they got on board the quest, they discovered that all
in charge of prostitutes and chefs for when they come back from a successful hijack. they approach a vehicle low and slow, hijack it, take it to somalia and moor it, and there are camps that are built to support this whole industry and they have all of the time in the world. they just wait it out and negotiate with the owners and insurance companies. they get money dropped to them often in orange canisters parachuted onto the vessel. they have counterfeiting machines to check to make sure the money is not fake, and they count the money and go and release the ship. that s how they do the business model. what more do we know about what was happening within the last three days? you were updating on what made this different. usually they hold them hostage, get their money and let them go. this took a totally different turn. reporter: yeah, it did. what we have been seeing in the high seas is a trend by navys,
a u.s. navy war ship and navy helicopters were on the trail of a hijacked yacht sailing the indian ocean with four americans aboard. the yacht is the sb quest owned by jean and scott adam of california seen here. the other two americans onboard are identified as fillies mckay and bob wriggle. it is believed somali pirates seized the yacht friday and the vessel is reportedly now somewhere between yemen and somalia. they are veterans of america s wars and homeless mothers. how they got that way and how they re being helped coming up next. and today is presidents day and we want to know who is your favorite u.s. president and why? head to cnn.com/ali and leave your comments. also leave your comments on ali s facebook and twitter pages. 100 ways to enjoy pringles.