Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokurambwa nokuda kwekusimudzirwa kwakawanda (kune mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri anotarisira kuchengeteka kwenyika muna 1999 uye kumutungamiriri wehofisi yeNew York yeFBI mukuvamba kwa2000), O'Neill akafara kugoverwa somutungamiri weFBI kuongorora kwebhomba reUSS "Cole"
muna October 2000. Zvisinei, paakasvika muYemen, akanyunyuta nezvokusachengeteka kwakakwana. Apo boka rake rakanga richitsvakurudza, O'Neill akapesana naBarbara Bodine, mumiriri weU.S. muYemen. Vaviri ava vaive nemaonero akasiyana zvikuru pamusoro pekuti vangabata sei nekutsvaga kwepfuma yeYemeni, uye kubvunzurudza vagari nevakuru vehurumende, uye vakangokura vachipesana nekufamba kwenguva.