Richard Phillips is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009.
Phillips in 2010
The 28-foot lifeboat where Phillips and the four Somali pirates were held up as seen from a US Navy Boeing ScanEagle UAV.
Phillips was held captive in the lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days.
Phillips publicly thanks sailors for his dramatic rescue at sea.
Abduwali Muse
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Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse is a Somali 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. On 16 February
Richard Phillips (merchant mariner)
…As the pirates were boarding the ship, the crew members locked themselves in the engine room. The crew later successfully lured one of the pirates, Abduwali Muse, into the engine room and overpowered him, stabbing him in the hand in the process and keeping him tied up for some 12 hours. The crew attempted to…
Barkhad Abdi portrayed Muse in Captain Phillips