That is no comfort to the crews facing the constant threat of attack or to the mounting number of hostages, living in squalor, fearing for their health and their lives.

对于面临海盗袭击的持续威胁的船员，数目部断增加、居住环境恶劣、为健康和生命担心的人质来说，没有什么能令他们舒服起来。