The ABC News report this evening suggested that while two of the Somali pirates where negotiating with the US Navy aboard their warship, someone aboard the sailing yacht fired a rocket from a recoilless rocket launcher at the warship which missed. Then there were shots heard aboard the sailboat and several of the pirates were then seen up on the bow with their hands up. When the boarding party arrived they determined that two of the hostages were dead below and the other two were mortally wounded. Several more Somali pirates down below engaged in a firefight with the marines and were killed.

Again, this is just the story that has been released to the media at this point and reality could be much different.

Charley Noble