Person: Captain Richard Phillips

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EXCLUSIVE: Check out Tom Hanks' pirate thriller 'Captain Phillips'

"They're not here to fish" - cast and director talk about 'Captain Phillips', the new thriller based on the 2009 hijacking of a US container ship by Somali pirates

Wed, 16 Oct, 2013

Obama pays tribute to captain's rescuers

US President Barack Obama said today he was proud of the US forces who successfully rescued a cargo ship captain held hostage by pirates in the Horn of Africa.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2009

Negotiators look to free captain held by pirates

Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a US destroyer with more warships on the way in a US show of force.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2009