Now, had there been an earlier attempt by U.S. forces to rescue Luke Somers?

那美国部队以前曾有解救卢克·萨默斯的尝试吗？

Luke Somers had been held hostage since September of 2013.

卢克·萨默斯自2013年九月被扣为人质。

Mayor Bart Somers has been working for years to give many of the buildings a different purpose.

市长巴特·萨默斯多年来一直致力于赋予许多建筑不同的用途。

They were too late, the man had been moved just days earlier. The same thing happened in November when Luke Somers's in Yemen.

但他们来的晚了，人质已被提前转移了，11月份卢克·萨默斯在也门时也遇到这种情况。

In July, its special operation's commander had launched a raid on the IS hideouts near Iraq and Syria in a bid to free Luke Somers and other US and British hostages.

7月份，其特殊行动指挥官对伊拉克和叙利亚附近的IS老巢发动进攻，希望能营救卢克·萨默斯和其他美英人质。