20 Man Crew Takes Back Ship from Pirates

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20 Man Crew Takes Back Ship from Pirates
Wednesday, April 08, 2009

File Photo of the Maersk Alabama Container Ship

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The 20 man AMERICAN Crew of the Danish-owned container ship the Maersk Alabama that was seized in the Indian Ocean earlier this morning about 400 miles east of Mogadishu is reported to have taken their ship back from the Pirates.
Note: I’ll update this post as more solid info comes in

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The following News Video is from FoxNews.com earlier this morning before the good news broke out that the crew of Maersk Alabama had taken back their ship. It’s a good report on piracy of late so that’s why I placed it in this post.
HIGH SEAS HIJACKING

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UPDATE: 200pm CDT
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Well Damn--
How fast the story changes…
Still good news -- with a twist of bad news being reported now…
American crew members aboard a U.S.-flagged ship hijacked by Somali pirates Wednesday were able to regain control of the vessel, but the ship's captain is still being held hostage, FOX News now confirms.
Read the full updated report at link below…
U.S. Crew Regain Control of Hijacked Ship, Negotiate Captain's Release

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NECN.com has a GREAT News Video Report posted up on their website this afternoon. Click it out at link below…
U.S. Ship Hijacked by Pirates -- Captain Held Hostage
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POST UPDATE:
Somali Official Warns Pirates They Are...

‘Playing With fire’
Pirates Hold Up Food Aid to Somalia, Uganda, Kenya - Negotiations for Captain's Release in Progress
Thursday, April 09, 2009
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* The Canadian Press has this short report for us this morning…
Somali official warns pirates holding U.S. captain they are ‘playing with fire’
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* VOANews.com brings us this report early this Thursday Morning and it starts off like this… The United Nations' World Food Program says the U.S.-flagged container ship anchored off the coast of Somalia is carrying items to feed hundreds of thousands of starving people in Somalia, Uganda and Kenya. The ship's captain is being held hostage by pirates, who seized the vessel and its crew of 20 Americans Wednesday as it sailed toward the Kenyan port of Mombasa…
Read the full report HERE
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Captain's Wife: Pirate Traffic 'Picking Up'

About above Video: The captain of the Maersk Alabama had just e-mailed his wife that pirate traffic was picking up. Capt. Richard Phillips, his chief officer and crew of are being hailed as heroes although Phillips was still being held by pirates. (From an April 8th posting)
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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FBI Negotiators Enlisted to Help Free Captain

The military has called in FBI hostage negotiators to help end a standoff with Somali pirates holding a U.S. ship captain hostage. (Post Date: April 9th)
This news video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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Following CNN Video originally posted on April 8th


Embedded video from CNN Video

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POST UPDATE:
Captain Phillips escapes captors by jumping over side of lifeboat but was quickly recaptured
Friday, April 10, 2009
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* TheChronicleHerald.ca has this short report for us this morning…
Captain of U.S. cargo ship tries to escape from Somali pirates
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* FOXNEWS.com has this report this Friday morning and it starts off like this… A Somali negotiator said Friday pirates holding American ship captain Richard Phillips hostage want a ransom and are ready to kill Phillips if attacked… The announcement by the unidentified Somali, who helped negotiate a ransom paid last year to pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks, comes the same day Phillips was recaptured after he made an escape attempt from the life boat where he is being held hostage… The negotiator said he has spoken with a pirate leader on the ground in Somalia who is coordinating action on the lifeboat adrift in the Indian Ocean. He says the plan is to get the hostage to shore to negotiate from a better position…
Read the full report at link below…
Pirates Reportedly Demand Ransom After U.S. Ship Captain Tries to Escape
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Folks… You’re looking at another one of America’s TRUE HEROES in the making -- Right now.

In Fact… All 20 of these brave American crew members are Heroes in my book!
God bless them all…
And
Don’t Mess with Americans - Ever!!!
AubreyJ………