NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The American crew of a hijacked U.S.-flagged cargo ship retook the vessel Wednesday from the Somali pirates who seized it far off the Horn of Africa, Pentagon officials said.
Capt. Joseph Murphy, an instructor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, told The Associated Press that he was called by the Department of Defense and told the crew, including his son Shane, the second in command, had regained control.
"The crew is back in control of the ship," a U.S. official said at midday, speaking on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak on the record. "It's reported that one pirate is on board under crew control -- the other three were trying to flee," the official said. The status of the other pirates was unknown, the official said, but they were reported to "be in the water."
"Trying to flee" - I'll bet there's some blown-up Yamaha outboards in the shop in old Mogadishu tonight!
Damn, I hope someone got some vid of our guys throwin' those pirates over the side!
Update:
Here's an MSNBC report. Or here. Jim Iwonteventrytospellit is doing the best he can with preliminary reports, but he don't know jack shit! Heh.
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