U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Bill Gortney : ` ` It 's an immense body of water '' Gortney : Size of a box from Houston to Chicago to New York to Jacksonville , Florida . Chris Voss , former FBI international kidnapping negotiator , told CNN that the pirates from the impoverished , war-torn nation need an alternative way to make money . ` Gortney : `` There 's about a 10-minute window ... and then it gets dark out there. Gortney spoke after U.S. Navy snipers killed three pirates , freeing U.S. hostage .
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Bill Gortney : ` ` It 's an immense body of water '' Gortney : Size of a box from Houston to Chicago to New York to Jacksonville , Florida . Gortney : `` There 's about a 10-minute window ... and then it gets dark out there. Gortney spoke after U.S. Navy snipers killed three pirates , freeing U.S. hostage .