Captain Richard Phillips, a Mass Maritime grad, is still being held captive by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Somalia. It's reported that Phillips attempted to escape by swimming away, but the pirates were able to regain control of him. (People are pissed that the Navy didn't nab Phillips while he was in the water.) The Maersk Alabama, the ship that Phillips had captained, has proceeded to its original destination, while U.S. ships confront the Somali lifeboat. Additional pirate ships, carrying additional hostages, may be on the way to the scene.
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We all love pirates, except for the real ones. Two Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates were on board a cargo ship taken over by Somali pirates today. The AP reports that the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama was attacked while bringing emergency relief to Mombasa, Kenya.
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