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Captain Phillips was rescued uninjured. Commander Castellano, with prior authorization from higher authority, ordered the action after determining Phillips' life was in immediate danger, citing reports that a pirate was pointing an AK-47 at Phillips' back.
May 22, 2023 · On Oct. 11, 2013, the Tom Hanks-led film Captain Phillips released to critical acclaim. It told the story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose ship, the MV Maersk Alabama, was taken captive by a group of Somali pirates before Phillips himself was held hostage on an enclosed lifeboat. The film’s promotional materials stated that it was based on ...
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Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse عبدالولي موسى ( Somali: Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; pronounced [ʕabdiweli ʕabdiqaːdir muːse]; Somali pronunciation ⓘ; born 1990) is a Somali convicted pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2]
April 8, 2009 - April 12, 2009. Location: Indian Ocean. Maersk Alabama hijacking, incident involving the seizure of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship by four Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on April 8, 2009. Although the crew eventually repelled the attackers, Capt. Richard Phillips was taken hostage aboard one of the Maersk Alabama ’s lifeboats.
Captain Phillips. (film) Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action-thriller film [4] [5] [6] directed by Paul Greengrass. Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates. It stars Tom Hanks as Phillips, alongside ...
May 6, 2024 · Published May 6, 2024. As portrayed in the Tom Hanks-led film Captain Phillips, Abduwali Muse and three other Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama and kidnapped its captain. But Muse’s story was far more complicated than it appeared onscreen. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Abduwali Muse was just a teenager when he boarded the Maersk ...
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Oct 15, 2013 · Yes. Like in the movie, the real Captain Richard Phillips and several crew members did try to offer the Somalian pirates $30,000 from the ship's safe, but they wanted much more. The pirates still took the money and had it with them when they fled the ship in the lifeboat.
