Rescued Captain To Reunite With Crew Tomorrow

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

MOMBASA, Kenya – A Maersk shipping official says the shipping captain that U.S. sharpshooters rescued from pirates will reunite with his crew in the Kenyan resort of Mombasa on Wednesday.

The crew that thwarted the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama has hailed Capt. Richard Phillips as a hero who saved them by offering himself up as a hostage.

U.S. SEALs killed three pirates Sunday night in a daring attack that killed the three pirates who had been holding Phillips for five days in an enclosed lifeboat.

Maersk official Gordan van Hook told reporters they expect Phillips to arrive in Mombasa on Wednesday. He had no details about the reunion with the crew.

Meanwhile, undeterred Somali pirates went on a hijacking spree, brazenly capturing four more ships and taking over 60 crew members hostage in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_re_af/piracy;_ylt=AuRvmGsA4NtIaq45vJfk0ORI2ocA

[Purveyor]

1. OH NO! A newsworthy event to upstage the teabaggers...

Has to be a 'conspiracy'...right?

:bounce:

[HopeHoops]

2. No NO! The pirates are really protesting taxes!

Yeah, that's the ticket!

[Purveyor]

3. UPDATE AP:

(04-14) 09:11 PDT Norfolk, Va. (AP) --

The shipping captain held hostage by Somali pirates will return to the U.S. with his crew on Wednesday.

Maersk Line Limited said Tuesday that Captain Richard Phillips and the crew of the Maersk Alabama are expected to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland late Wednesday. They are taking a chartered flight from Mombasa, Kenya.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/14/national/a091127D08.DTL

[Tyler Generation]

4. DAMN BLEEDING HEART LIBRUL MEDIA!!!!!!1!!!!!!

It's all staged because they hate our conservative message!!!
:sarcasm: