A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea

The heroic tale of Captain Phillips, who was held captive on a lifeboat by Somali pirates—and survived.

It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the United States-flagged cargo ship which was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship. The pirates didn't expect the crew to fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillip...