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American Merchant Captain Rescued

Published by Foehammer 11 months ago in News, Islam in Africa, U.S. Military, United States and Africa. Tags: africa, ak 47, american cargo, cargo ship, Islam in Africa, maersk, navy, News, richard phillips, ship captain, snipers, U.S. Military, United States, uss boxer.

Some very good news for a change, sorely needed around these parts. From CNN:

MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates “had an AK-47 leveled at the captain’s back,” a military official said Sunday.

The captain, who’d been held in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean since Wednesday, was rescued uninjured, Navy Vice Adm. Bill Gortney told reporters.

Capt. Richard Phillips’ ship, the Maersk Alabama, was stormed by pirates 350 miles off Somalia on Wednesday morning. He was “resting comfortably” on the USS Boxer after his rescue Sunday night, according to the Navy.

Phillips contacted his family and received a routine medical exam after his rescue at 7:19 p.m. (12:19 p.m. ET), the Navy Central Command said. Video from aboard the Boxer showed a smiling Phillips shaking hands with Navy personnel.

“The captain is in good health. He’s showered up and in a clean set of clothes,” Gortney said in a telephone news conference from Navy Central Command in Bahrain.

Good job, Navy! Welcome home, captain; a truly Happy Easter.

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