UNITED NATIONS — Somalia’s U.N. Mission said Friday that pirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens in the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast.
Omar Jamal, first secretary at the Somali mission, identified the yacht as the S/V Quest. He said the mission is calling for the release of the hostages and all other captives in the hands of the pirates.
A website chronicling the voyage of the S/V Quest describes it as being the home of Jean and Scott Adam. The couple, who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in California, run a Bible ministry, according to their website. They have been distributing Bibles to schools and churches in remote villages in areas such as the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia.
