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RICHMOND, Va. -- It’s the stuff of Hollywood. Only this high sea story is authentic. |
In April of 2009, Captain Richard Phillips and the crew of the Virginia based ship 'Maersk Alabama' were on their way to deliver food aid to Africa. |
“It came over the radio again. And it was a voice saying ‘Somali Pirates coming to get you. Somali pirates coming to get you,’ And that is what we heard,” says Phillips. |
Somali pirates were bearing down on the ship and shooting at Phillips and the crew. |
Piracy was a constant danger. The Maersk Alabama was the latest target. |
“They came in yelling and screaming with AK-47’s in your face,” says Phillips. |
The pirates threaten Captain Phillips and the crew. |
“The last thing that I wanted was for someone to get shot or killed. Once someone gets shot or killed its hard to stop,” says Phillips. |
Within hours the Boston native found himself in a small lifeboat with the pirates. He was the lone hostage. |
Meanwhile the Norfolk based U.S.S. Bainbridge arrived with a team of Navy Seals. |
The Somalis, with itchy trigger fingers, would beat Richard and conduct mock executions. |
“I always considered myself a lucky guy. Now I just had to take care of myself and I thought I could create a way to escape,” says Phillips. “After the first full day I didn’t see a good ending for me,” says Phillips. |
At one point the then 53-year-old dove into the sea trying to escape his misery. |
“They could see my head in the water and they come after me,” says Phillips. “About the fifth time I pop up one guy was right there with an AK and shoots by my head. |
Nearly five days into the ordeal tensions would reach a boiling point between the pirates. On Easter Sunday salvation would arrive in a split second. |
“The other two are yelling out. ‘Relax. Relax. No military action. No Military Action. No Problem.’ That’s when the shots rang out,” says Phillips. |
Steady sharpshooters on the U.S.S. Bainbridge took out the pirates in a hail of gunfire. |
“I thought I was in the crossfire of three pirates shooting at each other from the lifeboat. I said, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ They just kept firing. They knew where I sat. They avoided my seat,” says Phillips. |
All of the pirates except one were dead. |
“Next thing I know I hear a voice, ‘Are you safe? Is it alright,’” Within seconds a Navy Seal whisked Phillips away from the lifeboat. |
“I didn’t realize till I was being hoisted up to the main deck that I made it. I’m alive. I’m out of there,” says Phillips. |
His ordeal over Phillips life would change forever. |
One year later Tom Hanks would take the lead in the aptly named film, “Captain Phillips”. |
“A good story with a great ending. As long as you’re not a pirate,” says Phillips. |
Crew members would ultimately sue and criticize their Captain for sailing them into dangerous waters. |
Now retired Phillips looks back on his rescue with relief and high praise for his saviors. |
“The military and those U.S. Navy Seals are the true Heroes of my story,” says Phillips. “Being out of that lifeboat. Being out of those conditions Being out of those concerns it was just the greatest. It was like Christmas,” says Phillips. |
Captain Richard Phillips was invited to Richmond where he was the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts across central Virginia. Most of the attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats hanging on every word of his speech. These days the married father of two is spending his retirement in Vermont. He ... |
In the build up to Russia, we're looking at the best World Cup moments, match and more. |
The countdown is well and truly on to Russia 2018, with football fans around the globe waiting with bated breath for the tournament to get underway next week. |
With that in mind, Sportsmail has decided to count down the best ever World Cup games, picking out the most exciting clashes from the 20 previous editions of the tournament, including England's 1966 triumph and Brazil's 7-1 humiliation in front of their own fans in 2014. |
Bobby Moore hoists aloft the World Cup in '66... but where does that final rank on our list? |
1966 is best remembered on these shores for England's one and only World Cup triumph, but there was another incredible match in that tournament on home soil, fought out between Portugal and debutants North Korea. |
Portugal's team featured some of the greatest players in the world at that time, with the spine of the team made up of Benfica's back-to-back European Cup winners. Eusebio was leading the line, and the Portuguese were huge favourites to thrash the minnows and reach the semi-finals… but it was certainly not plain sailin... |
In one of the most incredible starts to a World Cup match, North Korea were 3-0 up inside 25 minutes, and the crowd at Goodison Park were in complete awe. Portugal were shellshocked, but went on to complete one of the greatest comebacks in tournament history – with one man front and centre. |
Eusebio scored an incredible four goals in 32 minutes to turn the tie on its head, before Jose Augusto finished off the match to take Portugal through 5-3, where they eventually lost 2-1 to eventual winners England in the semi-final. |
The words of Alcides Ghiggia, the scorer of Uruguay's winning goal in the 1950 World Cup that stunned not only those in the crowd, but the entire nation. |
Books have been written about Brazil's infamous defeat, such was its impact on the nation's psyche. |
To say they were favourites going into the game would be an understatement. The Selecao breezed to the final while their opponents struggled. Midfielder Zizinho even admitted that he was signing autographs as 'Brazil, champions of the world' the day before the game. |
Brazil even took the lead but that seemed to only add to their complacency as a rugged Uruguay side clawed their way back into the game through Juan Schiaffino just after the hour mark before winger Alcides Ghiggia silenced the crowd for the first time that afternoon. |
By the time English referee George Reader blew the full-time whistle, all joy from the home side had gone. They'd entered the field to fireworks and confetti and chants of 'Brazil! Brazil!', but left feeling a seismic shift in world football. |
This is perhaps one to forget for those of an English persuasion. |
In the 1986 tournament so far, England had scraped through Group F with a defeat by Portugal, a draw with Morocco and a win over Poland, before a rousing 3-0 Round of 16 victory against Paraguay. Heading into the quarter-finals in Mexico City, the sense of anticipation was palpable. |
There were political undertones with the Falklands War still fresh in the memory, but the match was billed as two of the best forwards in world football coming face-to-face… it was Diego Maradona vs Gary Lineker, and both of them got on the scoresheet in a match that would go down in history. |
The opening goal provided one of the most famous moments the game has ever seen, as Maradona produced his 'Hand of God' shocker to score past a helpless Peter Shilton in the England goal. Furious Three Lions protests were waved away by the referee in the blistering Mexico heat, and Argentina's path to the semis had bee... |
There was nothing England could do about the second goal either, as Maradona weaved his way through to score what has been labelled one of the greatest goals of all-time. Picking up the ball inside his own half, the legendary Argentinian weaved his way through the entire England team before prodding past Shilton to com... |
Lineker pulled one back for England with nine minutes left, but there was just one name on the lips of football fans in the aftermath… Diego Armando Maradona. |
The final of the 1958 World Cup saw Sweden come agonisingly close to winning the tournament on home turf in Solna. Nils Leidholm opened the scoring early on to give the hosts hope, but the match will forever be remembered as the day a 17-year-old Pele announced himself to the world. |
Such was his talent unknown at that point, Pele didn't even feature in Brazil's opening two games at the tournament, before being unleashed in the latter stages. He scored the winner against Wales and a hat-trick against France, and was named in the starting line-up for the final, with all eyes firmly upon him. |
Not one to back down, Pele produced one of the most incredible solo performances, scoring twice – including one of the best goals ever seen at a World Cup – and he was still just a child. |
Brazil's third goal was when it all changed for Pele. He controlled the ball on his chest, lifted it over a defender's head, and fired home on the volley to put his side 3-1 up on the way to a 5-2 victory. There were tears from the great man at the final whistle… and 29 June 1958 was the day that kickstarted the greate... |
It was, according to those who played in the game, the 'real final'. Sadly, fate conspired to make it a group game. |
The fact that Brazil would go on to stroll past the Italians in that final is a testament to both the quality the Three Lions possessed, however they came up just short in this gruelling encounter. |
Reigning champions England were perhaps even better than the team that emerged victorious in 1966; they were taking on the great Brazil and Pele, the winners in 1958 and 1962. |
Played in the searing heat at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara, the first half saw Gordon Banks pull off perhaps the greatest save of all time from Pele's low header. |
The action continued with chances for both sides. Bobby Moore, then at his absolute peak, produced his iconic tackle to stop a charging Jairiznho. Calmly ushering the great man to the edge of the area, the West Ham man expertly poached the ball before danger could develop. His casual stroll up the pitch and simple pass... |
It was Jairzinho who broke the deadlock and fired home the winner in the 59th minute after a flowing Brazil move. |
Ultimately the Selecao had won, but one image summed up the respect they held for their opponents. At full-time, the great Pele sought out his adversary Moore and the pair shared a moment of mutual admiration, displaying their respect for one another both on and off the pitch. |
There were goals aplenty at Espana 1982, and the semi-final clash between West Germany and France was no different… although most of them came very late on. The Germans went into the tie without their star man Karl-Heinze Rummenigge, on the bench nursing a hamstring injury, but they still managed to take an early lead ... |
As the game entered its final stages, there was nothing to suggest it would live long in the memory, but then everything changed and it turned seriously sour with half an hour to play. Patrick Battison was through on goal, with a real chance of delivering the World Cup to France, when he was clattered by Germany's goal... |
Incredibly, despite two lost teeth, three cracked ribs, a damaged vertebrae and half an hour unconscious, Battison was deemed not to have been fouled and Schumacher remained on the field of play until the end of the match. |
In extra time, a furious France had their backs up and raced into a 3-1 lead before West Germany came back to level at 3-3 with goals in the 102nd and 108th minute. Incredibly, villain of the piece Schumacher then saved two penalties in the shootout to help his side through to the final. |
In France after the tournament, a national newspaper ran a poll to decide Germany's least popular person… Schumacher edged out one Adolf Hitler to claim the prize. Ouch. |
The most recent of all the games in this countdown, and one that caused more than a few Brazilian tears at the 2014 World Cup. When the two sides walked out for their semi-final match at Belo Horizonte, Brazil's home advantage made them the favourites to not only beat Germany, but to win the entire tournament. |
What happened instead was truly remarkable, and we are unlikely to see another game like this for a long, long time. Germany produced an incredible display and stunned the world with five first-half goals, including four in just six minutes midway through the opening period. |
Miroslav Klose scored to become the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer, Toni Kroos and Andre Schurrle netted twice each, Thomas Muller and Sami Khedira got in on the act… it was a truly humiliating defeat for Brazil which left the entire country distraught and the entire world in a state of shock. |
The enduring memories of the match are with David Luiz, being walked off the field in tears at full-time, shots of the crowd covering their faces with their scarves in embarrassment at the result. In fact, four years on and the current Brazil side still have a lot to make up for when they reach Russia later this month. |
For English football fans, it doesn't get any better than the 1966 World Cup final. Hurst, Peters, Hurst, Hurst — a 4-2 victory over West Germany on the most famous of all afternoons at Wembley Stadium. |
Of course, it didn't come without controversy, as Geoff Hurst's second goal provided years and years of questions about whether the ball really did cross the line. First, though - back to the start. |
England went 1-0 down early on as Helmut Haller scored for the Germans, but Hurst quickly grabbed his first of the afternoon before setting up Peters to put the home side in front. With just seconds remaining of the match, Wolfgang Weber provided the first moment of real drama as he equalised for West Germany and took ... |
It was in extra time that it really got going though, as Hurst crashed a shot off the crossbar, watching it bounce down and then out of the goal. The Soviet linesman Tofiq Bahramov gave the goal, but the Germans were - and still are - furious and claim that the ball didn't cross the line. |
Perhaps surprisingly, No 2 in our ultimate countdown isn't a final, or a semi-final, or even a quarter-final... but a second round group stage encounter between two incredible footballing sides at the now-demolished Estadio Sarria in Barcelona. |
It was the ultimate attack vs defence, with Brazil's samba stars coming up against an Italian wall that had scraped through to this stage with three draws in their opening three games. With hindsight, these two sides could be regarded as two of the best in their country's history. |
All eyes were on Paolo Rossi heading into the game, Italy's star striker having endured a difficult tournament up to that point. No goals, three poor performances, and he needed to turn up... but turn up he did. |
Rossi opened the scoring inside five minutes, before Socrates levelled things up for Brazil just a few minutes later with the goal of the game. Rossi was back at it inside 25 minutes, but still Brazil fought back in an incredible match in Barcelona. Falcao made it 2-2 with 22 minutes left to play, but it was all set up... |
Rossi went on to score the most goals in the tournament and was voted best player, while Italy lifted their third World Cup title in the final against West Germany. Eccellente! |
How could the so-called 'Game of the Century' be anywhere other than top of the pile? Seven goals, five of them in extra time, and the two teams producing comeback after comeback in front of over 100,000 fans in Mexico City. Football doesn't get any better than this. |
Franz Beckenbauer dislocated his shoulder late on in normal time, but Germany manager Helmut Schon had already used up his substitutes, meaning the country's star man had to stay on the pitch for the entirety, battling through severe pain with his country's hopes resting heavily upon him. |
Despite them essentially being a man down, Gerd Muller put West Germany 2-1 up in the opening minutes of extra time, but it lasted just four minutes before Italy levelled things up. Not willing to go behind again, Gigi Riva then gave Italy the lead for the second time in the match, completing their comeback to make it ... |
Germany still weren't done though, and in the 110th minute Muller again got on the scoresheet to level things up for his side. 10 minutes to play at the Estadio Azteca... but this is where Germany's luck ran out. Just seconds after the restart, with TV cameras still showing Muller's equaliser, Gianni Rivera went up the... |
Paris, France - January 24, 2008 - Today, Coladia releases Personal Trader 3.1, an upgrade of its stock market utility designed for managing stock portfolios, tracking and analyzing investments. Intuitive and easy-to-use, it allows individual investors manage their stocks, handle multiple accounts and watchlists. |
Personal Trader 3.1 is distributed as a Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Personal Trader 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 "Tiger" or Mac OS X 10.5.1 "Leopard". |
Personal Trader 3.1 is available for download and offered at a price of US $30. It can be used for free during a period of 30 days. It's a free upgrade for 3.0 registered users. |
Coladia was founded in 2005 by experienced MacOS developers and is located in Paris, France. The goal of the company is to create "state of the art" applications using the strength of MacOS X technologies, such as Cocoa, CoreData, Quick Look, Spotlight and Dashboard. |
London Luton Airport Operations Limited (‘LLAOL’) was delighted to welcome Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers to the airport today. |
During her visit, the Minister joined the Airport’s airline partner, Wizz Air to celebrate flying its 10 millionth passenger through London Luton in just seven years. |
Speaking during a tour of the airport, Theresa Villiers said, “I would like to thank the team at London Luton for not only giving me the opportunity to see for myself the airport’s impressive facilities, but also help mark this important milestone for Wizz Air. |
Glyn Jones, Managing Director of LLAOL, said “We’re delighted that the Minister is here to share Wizz Air’s remarkable achievements. The strong working partnership we have forged with them has secured an average annual growth in passengers of 39% over seven years, opening up new markets around the world to the local an... |
Blackberry users tired of hearing about how great the iPhone is can now hold their heads up high. RIM Technolgies, makers of the popular phone, is set to launch their answer to Apple's popular App Store. Blackberry App World will feature "tons of great applications" including games, social networks, personal productivi... |
App World will require a BlackBerry smartphone running operating system 4.2 or higher. iLounge is reporting that prices will start around $2.99 and a Paypal account will be required to make purchases. Installed applications must be stored on the phone's internal memory, not a removeable storage card which is likely to ... |
The launch date has not been announced yet but users can sign up to be notified by email. |
According to the College Board, nearly 1.5 million high-schoolers in the class of 2007 took the SAT exam; historically, in Massachusetts, some 75 percent to 80 percent of high-school graduates take the SAT annually, roughly twice the national average. |
If you're a high school student who wants to go to college, chances are you'll be settling down to the SAT exam this Saturday. |
Or you've already taken it. |
Or you'll be taking it in early December. |
No matter when you put pencil to paper, you'll be in good, if anxious, company. According to the College Board, nearly 1.5 million high-schoolers in the class of 2007 took the four-hour test; historically, in Massachusetts, some 75 percent to 80 percent of high-school graduates take the SAT annually, roughly twice the ... |
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