Dangerous Days at Sea

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Richard Phillips, captain of United States-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, discusses what happened when the ship was boarded last year by Somali pirates and took Captain Phillips hostage. The tense, five-day stand-off ended in a high-seas rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. In A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, Phillips tells the full story.

Event: Captain Richard Phillips will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, April 8, at 7:00 pm
RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT

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