UNDERHILL, Vt., April 17 (UPI) -- Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips said Friday the U.S. military was the real hero in his rescue from Somali pirates who held him captive for four days.
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. cargo ship Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage by pirates off the Somali coast for four days, was on his way back to the United States Friday from Africa.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Somali pirates tried to hijack last week will return home Friday, the shipping line's leader said Thursday.
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 14 (UPI) -- Capt. Richard Phillips, who spent five days as a pirate hostage, will return to the United States on a chartered plane with his crew, the shipper said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- The United States is resolute in its determination to halt piracy in the Indian Ocean off Somalia's coast, President Barack Obama said Monday.
