at the del ray yacht club in los angeles where they competed in boat racing events they have lots of friends and there's plenty of concern here about their safety. . last night as news of their capture broke, people were following the story closely. >> we got an e-mail from them about a week ago, they said they were about to take off into where it was going to be dangerous and there wouldn't be any more radio contact. >> because they didn't want the bands of pirates off the somali coast to know their location. somali officials said the adams were among four americans captured by pirates, the other two hostages were not identified. last year, 49 vessels were hijacked by pirates and 116 crew members were taken hostage. a total of 28 vessels and 638 hostages are still being held for ransom. this despite stepped up patrol by the fifth fleet and the navy's other countries. on wednesday, one man was sentenced to almost 30 years in the u.s. prison for his hijacking of the freighter mesrk alabama in 2005. two others were killed in a navy seal operation in which the captain was executed. >> i