CAPTAIN PHILLIPS PIRATE FREE

The pirates shot at him with their AK-47s and recaptured him. On April 10, Captain Phillips noticed a lapse in the pirates’ security and attempted to escape from the lifeboat to swim to the Bainbridge. While negotiating, the crew of the Bainbridge established a “control net” around this lifeboat to prevent the pirates from receiving support from pirate mother ships in the area. The next day, the U.S.Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge arrived on the scene and began negotiating with the pirates for the release of Captain Phillips.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS PIRATE FREE

To safeguard his crew and free the Alabama, Captain Phillips surrendered himself to the pirates and boarded this lifeboat to be taken ashore in Somalia. The ship’s captain, Richard Phillips, prevented the initial takeover by ordering his crew to lock themselves in a secure room while he remained on the bridge. On Wednesday, April 8, 2009, four Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged cargo ship, Maersk Alabama. When you visit the Museum, you can view the lifeboat upon which Captain Richard Phillips was held hostage for five days before being rescued on April 12, thanks to the accuracy of Navy SEAL snipers. The Maersk Alabama was captured by Somali pirates on April 8, 2009. Richard Phillips, former captain of the Maersk Alabama, held hostage by Somali pirates in 2009.Maersk Alabama Lifeboat and Mk 25 Sniper Rifle from “Easter SEAL Rescue”.It’s just part of the challenging job of going to sea.' Guest

Piracy is part of it - I also have to deal with fires, emergency medical situations, storms, catastrophes, oil spills, collisions. I’ve been sailing in the MM&P, the International Order of Masters, Mates & Pilots for 34 years now, so that is my normal. “I went back, I believe about 14 months later. When you have a guy across the seat from you within four or five foot of you with a gun and he likes to pull the trigger and smile at you, that was the young pirate with what I call the ‘wild, Charlie Manson eyes,’ there’s not too many ways you can think this guy is your friend and you can align with them.” We would communicate there was actually a couple of times there was a chuckle or two, but at no time - they made it patently clear and I made it clear that we were on different teams, we were adversaries. “We were always on an adversarial relationship. And then when they were, indeed, successful in getting that ladder and getting the first pirate aboard, it was the very start of a 12-hour slippery slope on the ship of stress cat-and-mouse and really hide-and-seek.” And then when they started shooting that escalated it up and of course we were all fearful. “It was a very scary time as they got closer and closer and as we turned on our fire hoses and started shooting flares and mustard and getting ready to get in the safe room. On what it was like to be taken by pirates 'I told him if he was going to play me, he'd have to put on a little weight and get a little better looking and he did neither, so he didn't do anything I told him to,' he joked. In the new film, Tom Hanks plays Phillips.Ĭaptain Phillips tells Here & Now's Robin Young that Tom Hanks did visit him to prepare for the role. The film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, was hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in 2009.Ĭaptain Phillips was held hostage by the pirates until he was rescued by Navy SEALs. This week, ' Captain Phillips' opens in theaters. Richard Phillips attend the world premiere of 'Captain Phillips,' Sept. Facebook Email Tom Hanks, left, and Capt.

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