On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The ...

Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by Somali pirates in 2009, will speak from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, at the Bronner Performing Arts Center, 525 E. Genesee St ...

Captain Richard Phillips, whose hostage ordeal inspired a film, will speak in Frankenmuth on May 13 at the Michigan Heroes ...

Richard Phillips from his pirate captors ... Europe has led anti-piracy effort Pirates in Somalia identified the slain men as Mohamed Ahmed Adawe, Nur Dalabey and Khalif Guled.

(CNN)-- The drama of an American ship captain held hostage by Somali pirates led last Sunday's talk shows. Just hours before Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips was rescued, the piracy incident ...

When Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama in ... This is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips, a daring hostage situation, and the elite Navy SEAL snipers who ended it with three ...