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Revision as of 23:55, April 10, 2009
Capt. Richard Phillips (in his early 50s.) of Underhill, Vt. is the American captain held hostage by four Somali 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.
Richard Phillips is graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and has been sailing for more than 20 years. [1] He is married to Andrea Phillips, a registered nurse; they have two children.
This undated image made available in London, Wednesday April 8, 2009 by Maersk Line, shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates with 20 crew members aboard while sailing from Salalah in Oman to the Kenyan port of Mombassa via Djibouti. [2]