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Capt. '''Richard Phillips''' (53 years old) of Underhill, Vt. is the American captain held hostage by four Somali [[Piracy|pirates]]. He made a desperate escape attempt on Friday April 10, 2009 but was recaptured. Phillips was seized after the pirates fail to hijack the Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food aid for hungry people in [[Somalia]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Uganda]]; the attack to the Alabama happened about 280 miles southeast of Eyl, a port in the northern region of Somalia near the Hafun peninsula. Phillips was liberated by the Navy on April 12, 2009. ''Adm. William Gortney said Monday that it took only three shots for Navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting in the high sea... at the time snipers took their shot, Phillips' hands were bound.'' [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/piracy_single_shot_takedowns]

Capt. '''Richard Phillips''' (53 years old) of Underhill, Vt. is an American captain who was held hostage by four Somali [[Piracy|pirates]]. He made a desperate escape attempt on Friday April 10, 2009 but was recaptured. Phillips was seized after the pirates failed to hijack the Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food aid for hungry people in [[Somalia]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Uganda]]; the attack to the Alabama happened about 280 miles southeast of Eyl, a port in the northern region of Somalia near the Hafun peninsula. Phillips was liberated by the Navy on April 12, 2009. ''Adm. William Gortney said Monday that it took only three shots for Navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting in the high sea... at the time snipers took their shot, Phillips' hands were bound.'' [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/piracy_single_shot_takedowns]

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