ROBERT SIEGEL, Host:
NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from Nairobi.
FRANK LANGFITT: U.S. warships, including a destroyer, the USS Starrett, began shadowing the yacht called the Quest. Admiral Mark Fox, commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, picks up the story from there.
MARK FOX: Several pirates appeared on deck and moved up to the bow with their hands in the air in surrender.
LANGFITT: Admiral Fox also said they found two pirates who had already been killed. He emphasized that U.S. Special Forces did not shoot those pirates, and had not tried to launch a rescue.
FOX: There were ongoing negotiations that had continued for a number of days, and all I can tell you factually is that there were two dead pirates when we came on board the vessel.
LANGFITT: Frank Langfitt, NPR News, Nairobi. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
