BBC: U.S. Crew Retakes Maersk Alabama from Somali Pirates
Have you ever heard of a crew beating back the pirates until now? What’s more troubling is that the Alabama’s captain is reportedly adrift in a lifeboat … WTF?
Pentagon sources and relatives of the Maersk Alabama’s 20 crew were earlier quoted as saying the ship was back under control after a struggle.
But later reports emerged that the captain was still in the hands of the hijackers, adrift in the lifeboat.
It was the sixth ship seized off Somalia in recent days.
It is reportedly the first time in 200 years that a US-flagged vessel has been seized by pirates.
Highly trained, highly motivated, professionals. Not of the ilk of these professional third world grovelers. Unfortunates that most Americans have come to adore as they enjoy their Cruising experience. That is until… Google up “Galapagos passengers left to fend for themselves”. It seems that not even common decency can be expected from somebody earning $200 a month and two bowls of rice a day, in an emergency or crisis.