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A captain's duty, Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and dangerous days at sea, Richard Phillips, with Stephan Talty

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A captain's duty

Richard Phillips, with Stephan Talty

Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and dangerous days at sea

Tells the dramatic life-and-death tale of the Vermont native who, in April of 2009, was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalia's anarchic, gun-plagued shores. It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a United States-flagged cargo ship that was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship. The pirates didn't expect the crew to fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillips to offer himself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew. Thus began the tense five-day standoff, which ended in a daring high-seas rescue when U.S. Navy SEALs opened fire and picked off three of the captors

10 days -- 8 days -- 7 days -- 6 days -- 3 days -- 2 days -- 1 day -- Day 1, 0600 hours -- Day 1, 0735 hours -- Day 1, 0900 hours -- Day 1, 1100 hours -- Day 1, 1530 hours -- Day 1, 1900 hours -- Day 3, 0200 hours -- Day 3, 1800 hours -- Day 3, 1900 hours -- Day 5, 0300 hours -- Day 5, 1945 hours