A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea Halloween Straus and Giroux (October 3

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A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea Halloween Straus and Giroux (October 3It was just another day on the job for fifty three year old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the United States flagged cargo ship which 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 hostage in exchange for the safety of his