CEO of the ship line speaking...He would not give details, said the welfare of crew is more important than the news media....Did say they Got a call from a crew member..Would not give out names of crew, but have had contact with all families. Are based here in the US, Norfolk VA....have “Mercy cargo”/ food on board. More than 200 vessel travel through that area every year.
Pentagon, Shively, says that we are in control. One of the pirates in custody. Three others in the water....No more detail.
FOX says in first time in 200 years that pirate have had US in custody.....Guess they’ll think again next year.
Father called Fox: his son, Shane, second in command had contacted him telling they were indeed in control and he was safe.
You said — FOX says in first time in 200 years that pirate have had US in custody.....Guess they’ll think again next year.
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Well, it’s certainly a *good example* to follow — in that it was a U.S. crew (from what I understand) that actually took action and got the ship back in their control.
However, I am wondering about the exact details and I’ll be scouring those reports for those details. I would like to know exactly how it all came down. I’m sure this will be analyzed thoroughly in the days and weeks to come.
This will probably serve as an example to many other ships...