Underhill, Vermont.
March 28, 2009
Okay.
You're all right?
Yeah.
Do you think this trip to get easier or it's just the opposite?
I feel the same way, Andrea.
I know this's supposed to do with about life.
But it's just insight.
The world is blooming so fast.
Right now things are changing so much.
Sure.
I'll tell you something.
It's not gonna be easy for our kids.
They'll be going into a different world as the one you and I came into.
You know, both of our kids are doing great.
But...
It worries me with Danny doesn't take school seriously.
He missed classes.
That could come out, you--
It's-- It's might turn without looking for a job, you know.
There's competition out there.
When I was starting out, you can make it happened if you put you head down,
and you just get your work. The young guys coming up now....
Companies want things faster and cheaper.
50 guys compete for every job.
Everything is different, and would big real returned, and--
- It got to be stronger to survive our there. - Mm.
I know what you're saying.
Kids will be okay, right?
Oh, yeah.
It could be okay.
[On the speaker:] This's special security announcement. You maintain control over to the long....
- I love you. - I love you too.
- Have a take care of you. - I'll call you from there.
EYL, Somalia.
[Speaking in Somalian]
They are here!
Hurry, Muse!
Come quickly!
Hurry!
What the hell are you doing? Why aren't you out on the water?
You know what you're supposed to do!
You should be out there earning money!
But we caught a ship last week.
That was last week!
The boss wants money today!
Bring Garaad another ship soon...
or you will answer for it!
Everybody, get back to work now!
Stay out of my way today.
Hufan!
I'm going to catch something big!
Those who want to make money, come.
Muse, take me with you.
Does your sister know you're here?
She's selling khat up there.
This is her best stuff.
When we get a big ship, you will be well paid.
You want to work?
Do you know how to steer a boat?
Go, go.
I'm ready.
- What do you have for me? - Money.
- When are you going to give it? - As soon as we're paid.
Spread out!
Let my other man choose his crew.
Next time bring me something if you want to work.
Come on, Bilal.
Hey, Skinny.
I can steer your boat.
If you choose me, you will not regret it.
Okay, Elmi.
I need somebody strong.
Somebody like this?
I want him.
Get out of my way!
Why did he pick him?
He's from another village!
Move!
Faster, move faster!
See if you can get more power.
Okay.
You, you!
Get over here!
Come help us!
[Stop Speaking in Somalian]
Salalah Port, Oman
Morning.
- Hey, Capt. - Hey.
Carry on.
- Hey, boss. - Yes.
Get on that state of real, huh?
- Kenny? - Yes.
I want you go down the deck office, grab Jimmy,
get on the LoadStar, set ballad,
do at five points.
- Take care of that now. - I got it.
How is your family, Captain?
Uh, you know--
Andrea's champ on keep going, Now it keeps going.
How the Votra?
Now you do it. Put the very last container on.
2400 tons of commercial cargo, 200 tons of food aids,
uh, 166 tons of fresh water, 250 metric tons of fuel bunker.
Walk me through the plan.
Best lets start the real check.
So, here we are, in Salalah.
Travel down the collegian corridor to Djibouti.
then we exit the shipping lane south of Socotra.
Socotra.
Now that more-- We're on our own down the coast to Somalia Basin,
all the way down to Mombasa.
We should be to the unload the containers at around 0800.
Well, lets, uh--
Lets tighten our security. We're going around the Horn of Africa, right?
We got, uh, pirate cages, they all open.
All the doors are unlocked. I want everything closed, locked, even in port.
You bet it.
All right. Ready to leave 1500?
Caboo, Capt! You got it.
Show the gangway.
Last line in.
Okay. Move!
Now clear.
Roll it to clear.
Now run the first count!
Mount rudder on.
- Step go ahead! - Step go ahead.
- Capt. - Morning.
- Thanks. - The Roll?
- Yeah, we need those time sheets. - Right.
- ...that has to pay. - We can do like this.
But it turns like that they do.
Vic, I'll show you the space.
I'll take you there. We got to go. You know, we're not--
Call out two beers and a bucket full of zeal, please!
Yeah, back down on that coffee?
Yeah.
- Yeah, we got it. - Here we go.
That's 15:00 guys.
Back to work.
- I don't-- Jeez! - You got to move.
Their main route is packed with ships...
but we can't attack a herd.
There one is alone.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Office (UKMTO)
Piracy Warning Alert Off Somali Coastline
[Reading the UKMTO warnings on piracy]
Good morning.
Hey, Capt.
- Capt. - Morning, Capt.
Shane, I want to do some security drill.
Unannounced!
Starting now.
On a what? Fire, man over board?
Everything.
- Ken, you're Duty Officer? - Yes, Capt. Why?
Boat with 2 arms demanded approaching on the starboard B.
- At knots? - No, sound whistle first.
Pirate know where to land when we're ready to defend our ship.
ASAP, let's go.
Attention, all crew!
All crew! All I see is seeking identification--
Repeat, all men are ready to the station now!
Let's do this.
Just put keys off the zipped post to your pocket.
Come on. Come on, guys.
Pirates catch you in final seizure, that's the specific door on the ship.
- The hose's tight. - Here we go!
Bring around! Bring around! Bring around!
- Come on, guys. - Watch it!
All right.
Try up?
On that end.
Hey, Capt, it's Shane. Do you read?
Yes, Shane, go ahead.
Uh, things are looking pretty good down here. We'll get close to hoses.
All right, let me know when you're ready down there.
Copy that.
Shane, come up to the bridge.
Okay.
What's up, Capt? Everything okay?
I don't like the look of that.
Yes, Capt.
Chief, I want to have your guys on the station.
It's only drill?
No, this is real world. We got some coming up on the radar quarter.
I got it.
Plus 5 degrees, lets see if they spot us.
Port side.
- Get the crew back to master stations. - Okay.
Attention all crew! Attention all crew! Return to your master station.
Repeat, return to your master station.
This is not a drill. It's the real world situation.
Yes, Captain?
I want to come up to 122.
Come to the bridge. Second mate comes to bridge, please.
Be good. We're on up.
All right. Give me US Maritime Emmergency.
Two skiffs, can't tell how many they carried.
Copy that.
There was no answer from the US Maritime Emergency line.
- Raising UKMTO. - Okay.
What's up?
We got 2 skiffs approaching, get on the radar.
Yes, it's Maersk Alabama, here's Captain.
UKMTO (UK Maritime Trade Operation).
- Operation? - Receive name.
This is Maersk Alabama.
Our position 2 degrees 2 north by 49 degrees 19 east...
at course of 1-8-0 at 17 knots.
We have two skiffs approaching at a distance...
of 1.5 miles with the possible mother ship following.
Essential pirate ship situation.
Copy, Alabama. You should allow your crew get your fire hoses ready.
And follow LOPEB (?) procedure.
Yeah, is that it?
From my plan you have mission now, at Telstar, it's just fisherman.
They're not here to fish.
She's really big! Get ready!
You worry about yourself, skinny rat!
Full scale carrying on the banks. Distance?
1.25 miles closing.
Yes, Capt?
Uh, I want to bring up to 125.
- We're still good. - 125.
Brothers, we're going to make a lot of money!
Slow down, the waves are too big!
They're one mile now, Captain. It's one mile.
[Pretending to contact a navy ship:] Coalition Warship 237, this is Maersk Alabama.
Coalition Warship 237, Maersk Alabama.
Caller Alabama.
Our position is 2 degrees 2 north and 49 degrees 19 east...
at course of 1-8-0, uh, speed is 18.5 knots.
We have been approached by 2 pirate skiffs.
With the possible mother ship on waves.
We request immediate assistance.
We have a crew of 20.
We are preparing our weapon now, but request air supporting possible.
Copied?
[Pretend to be a Navy ship:] Copy, uh, Alabama. We have a gunship in the air, ETA position is five minutes.
5 minutes, thank you 237.
Did you hear that? Did you hear that?
We've got to get out of here!
Turn back, turn back!
What are you doing?
Come back here!
Where are you going?
Come on! Keep going!
Yeah, we got one down.
But the other one's still coming. Half a mile out.
We need to make it stay away.
- Yeah? - Cancel the limit, 129.
Yes, you're right on the edge, cylinder number 5.
Do it!
Port, 5 degrees.
Faster, faster!
Captain, a quarter mile now!
- Starboard, 5 degrees. - Starboard, 5 degrees!
Hurry, hurry! Go!
We're pushing this engine too hard!
Faster, faster!
What is it?
- Quick. - Quickly get them back!
Restart the engine! Quick! Chase them! Fast!
You do not push the engine.
- Quick turn back! - I'll give it a try.
Get us mess around. They lead us up miles away.
They got limit to be tracked.
- There was one shit. - Give me the time card.
It's over there.
Come, Captain to come.
The radar and the clock in just like 27 seconds, not in anyway it was funny.
- We can not out run this guy. - The tough guy, turned around!
Obviously, we all just went through a dangerous situation.
Two skiffs,
both with armed intruders.
Now, we all know that the kind of thing is the hazard in the water.
But you performed well.
The ship performed well.
The authorities have been made aware of what's going on,
so I think we have the situation pretty well in hands.
From now on, we just follow on almost duty.
Mike, what do you get?
Yeah, we're all on double shift until we make it through this water.
All right, Chief?
Can you keep the engineers run after full?
We keep the guys down there in the ECR (Engine Control Room) around the clock.
All right.
Enjoy your coffee.
Captain?
- They're coming back. - Yeah. Yeah.
If they come back,
we'll follow the procedure that worked today.
It'll work again. We've got speed, we got the height, we got the hoses that can fix those skiffs.
We will follow the procedures, even if we have to shut down,
lock down, go down in water and wait for help.
I don't think there's anyone here--
Now wait! I mean, you-- Okay, I mean-- I mean I'm a using guy, okay?
25 years, all right?
And I'm telling you right now, that they're not paying me enough,
- just fight pirate, okay? - Yeah.
You've all signed out for a route to go around the Horn of Africa.
What do you expect?
I didn't sign up for the Navy over here, okay?
- I didn't sign up. - You signed up for the route.
- You signed up here. - Right, for a cargo ship.
- What do you expect? - Not getting attacked without weapons.
Why don't we just get out of here?
- Get out to make some room between us and-- - To where? Go where?
In 8 hours we can be, what? 100 miles from here?
- Reach 150 easy. - Easy!
There are 5 pirate bands do the work in this part of the world right now.
Are you, uh, go out 300 miles to run into one, you are just to run into another?
Look, our job is to move the cargo as fast as possible. That's our job.
For now, if anybody doesn't like it,
if anyone wants to get off the ship.
If anyone does not like the route between Solalah and Djibouti and Mombasa,
come to my office, I will send the paper work for the union...
and you'll be on the first flight home out of Mombasa.
Enjoy your coffee. We'll get back to work.
"Hi honey... working hard, new crew to get in shape...
"ordinary days, you know. I'll call when we get to port.
"Love you. Rich"
The ocean was rough... really rough.
Huffan, I'm telling you...
our boat couldn't take it...
nothing was working for us.
Hurry up!
We need a bigger one for that ship.
I want this welded by the morning...
by tomorrow, got it?
Elmi.
When will that engine be ready?
We've gotta fix it.
This thing is old and weak.
It's a piece of shit.
Shut up and fix it...
for your crew of women.
Why don't you give me your engine?
Shut up, Skinny!
You talk too much!
I may be skinny, but I'm not a coward.
What did you say?
Try saying again!
You think you're somebody?
Say it again!
The coward is the first one in the grave.
Captain! Here's Shane.
Yeah, go ahead!
I think you better get up here.
Coming.
Where are they?
Four-four, 1.7 miles, Captain.
Can't come out alone.
Sound the alarm.
Get US Maritime Emergency for me.
Mark his station, it's not a drill. Everyone can mark his station.
- Not a drill. - Come on.
Here.
Come on! Lets go!
Deck out.
Chief, they're coming back again at 1 mach thread. Take all the Limitors.
Copy that.
Scan for non linac.
5 degrees starboard.
Starboard, 5 degrees.
Get ready!
U.S. Maritime Emergency line.
This is the Maersk Alabama.
We're under pirate attack.
Ted, get out here.
- I need eyes on the wing. We got a skiff coming in. - All right, I'm on it.
...46 degrees 14 east. Uh, course 1-6-6 and speed is 19 knots.
Copy that, Alabama.
Relate military channel now.
Copy that.
They're coming in fast, Capt.
Alabama!
Alabama Ship!
Somali coast guard. This is a routine check.
Stop your ship now!
We are coming aboard. We're here to help you.
- Shane, it's there astern. - Jesus Christ!
- Yes, Capt. - Chief, we're going to need the hoses.
Now, you pump again.
- Count it down for me, Shane. - Yeah.
- There it is hundred yards. - Prepare the hard turns.
PIRATE: Stop now!
Alabama, this is your final warning.
Stop your ship!
They're not stopping!
Show them who we are, Muse!
Shoot at them!
Hold downs!
Just fire! Just fire!
Take the hoses!
Turn!
Everything bolds down.
- Shane, hose 7 is slipped. - Stage 7 be aligned.
Be careful. I'm on channel 3.
It's clear over there!
I'm coming back in.
Untie the ladder!
Give me that one!
Shoot there!
Let's go, let's go!
Hurry up, Bilal!
Move your ass, kid!
Shane, get out of there!
Get everybody per my attention down to the engine room. I need you to come in there.
Stop him!
All crew! All crew! All crew to the Engine room!
All crew to the engine room, now!
Come on, over there! Everybody comes over here!
- Let's go! - Move, move!
Come on!
Higher! Get it higher!
- Port, 30 degrees! - Port, 30 degrees.
Hook it on!
Stairs are installed!
Starboard, 30 degrees!
Starboard, 30 degrees.
Get out of my way!
- Port, 30 degrees! - Port, 30 degrees.
- Starboard, 30 degrees! - Starboard 30.
- Come on, man. - You too.
- Come on, man. - Just get together, get to the wall!
- Here someone closes the door! - Got it.
Where're you coming?
You hold them by the door. We're going to get the heck out.
- All right, you get to the door. - Get to it! - Hurry up!
- Mike? - Yeah.
- How long do you set it out? - 5 minutes.
Four pirates! On board four pirates.
Coming to our deck. Down the main deck.
- Lock out the bridge. - Yes.
Listen up! We've been boarded by 4 armed pirates.
You know the drill.
We stay hidden no matter what! I don't want to have any hostages.
We stay locked out until help arrives.
No one condone till you hear the non arrest tab with from this which is tougher time.
Oh, jeez!
If the pirates find you,
remember, you know the ship, they don't.
Make them feel like they're in charge,
But keep them away from the important things like the generators and the engine control.
Stick together.
And we'll be all right.
Good luck.
Take everybody down to the bottom of the engine room.
I want you to hide them behind the cylinder.
Try to split them up into groups of 3 to 4.
- Now, watch out! Don't move! Don't move! - Okay, okay. All right.
All right.
- Don't move! - All right, all right.
Don't move! Go, go!
Get away. Get over there.
Captain.
Relax, nobody gets hurt.
No Al-Qaeda here.
Just a business. We want money.
When we get paid, everything's going be okay.
This ship, where's it from?
Uh, ship? Uh, America. American ship.
- America? - Good!
You?
Yankee?
- Me? - You? - Yeah, yeah. Yankee Irish, yeah.
[In Somalian:] From now on this one is called Irish, okay?
Irish. Irish. Irish.
Okay, Irish. What are you getting?
What do you mean?
TV? Cars?
- TV? TV, cars? No, no, we just-- We just got a few-- - Money?
Ah, we do!
Kenny!
- Capt? - Kenny, what do we have in the safe?
We got likewise 30 K, 30,000 dollars in the safe.
Yeah, like we got like it. We have in the safe. We get $30,000.
Yours!
30,000 dollars?
What am I? Do I look like a beggar?
What is it?
- Hey, calm down! Calm down. - All right. It's all right. It's all right.
Yeah, yeah, over here.
We got a problem. We pushed the ship too hot.
We're off the grid.
- That means the computer is now off line. - Captain!
- The ship's broken. - Captain!
No one get hurt, if you don't play no game.
The ship's broken.
- We had to go-- - Nobody gets hurt.
Calm down.
- Look at me. - Sure.
I am the captain now.
Watch this ugly one.
What are you doing?
I'm going to fix it.
Do you know how?
Hold the gun on him.
I've got him, don't worry.
Don't mess with anything you don't know.
Come on, man.
What are you doing?
Just take care of that guy.
Stop this game!
Where is your crew?
I don't know. I don't know. I'm here with you.
- Where's your crew? - I don't know, I--
- I'll-- I'll call them. - Don't joke.
I'll get them up here, all right?
All right, look. This is the captain speaking. The pirate demand all crew members to the bridge.
I'll--
Every crew.
One minute, I'll kill someone.
One minute.
Another minute, I'll kill somebody.
I will kill all your friends. One minute.
I will not call again.
Get that one and put him against the wall.
Well, Captain, you're playing?
- You think I'm playing? No play, no play! - I'm doing my best. I-- I'm doing my best.
Easy, I tell you, easy.
Oh no, no! Just look at it. You can not do that.
Now, come on.
Take it easy. Take it easy.
Hey, don't shoot him. Don't shoot him.
You want to shoot somebody, just shoot me.
Where is your crew, Irish? Where-- Where is your crew?
- I don't know. I'm here with you. - No. Where is the crew?
- I see nobody. - I'm a captain.
I'm a captain!
I'll shoot you!
You're going to kill somebody, you just shoot me!
If you don't care, you kill him!
You kill him.
I am the captain. I'm the captain.
This is between us!
I'm trying to straight this out. And you?
Is this how you solve the problem? You said you just want the money.
You said it was just business! Is this business?
This how you do business?
Ten seconds, then! Die right now that will be!
Wait!
I want to search the ship.
- You want to search the ship? - I want to see...
every look and all of the ship, now!
- You want to search the ship? - Now!
All right. All right.
We'll-- We'll-- We'll-- We'll search the ship.
We'll start up here as an aft jack...
and we'll go all the way down.
Uh, we better hold the emergency power...
stay on, because we won't be able to a thing if it goes off.
I'll tell you we'll search the ship,
but you stop threatening my men.
- No game! - No game.
Let's go!
Don't threaten him.
All right. All right, good.
Take his radio.
Give him the radio!
All right. Okay.
Come on.
We got here this light off. They come down here and wouldn't see us.
We have to shut down the emergency generator on the main deck.
- You think you can get up there? - Yeah.
Well, I'll go to the mess get us some water.
Before I can get us lay down on the lower level.
All right. I'm on two.
Just start at the very top.
This is E deck.
And, uh, we just work all the way down, one by one, huh?
Cargo holder probably where they are. They left a place to the hide down there.
And I'm not trying to trick you.
I'm want to, uh, find these guys as much as you do.
Take his flashlight.
Ah, we should just move on, you know, cause we'll-- we waste our time here, then.
Like I say, the cargo deck is that place to look.
Somebody left in the ship.
Engine room.
Well, If we go in about the ship systematically,
we start it up to the top, work on the way down, so we should try the cargo deck.
Travel there from engine room.
We go there, now!
Ah, engine room.
Uh, they're really hot down there.
We have to power on... there's no ventiation, no air.
Maybe we should get some water? Get it from the-- from the mess down on A deck.
- Then engine room, go! - Okay.
A Deck.
We are--
The galley.
Where we make the food.
All right.
Here's some water.
Check this room.
What do you want to see? See other rooms around? Cold dark, the vegetable room.
Be careful here in the barefeet.
You can cut them, on almost everything.
Here. Someone eats, uh, some melon.
Left over the breakfast. It just doesn't go bad.
Guys, you're left after the... first meal of today.
Maybe you should go ahead, help yourselves.
Help yourself. Excuse me, I drink.
And now, engine room.
All right.
Cronan, Cronan!
- You read it? - Yes, got you.
They're are there with you. They're on there with you.
One's on barefoot.
Is there any glass of something you can break for me on the floor by the engine room door?
I'll do that. Let's go, come on!
Here is the engine room.
Ahh!
Oh, my God! There got to be something broken.
So, be careful!
- Hurry up! - Back there!
Look. Okay, all right!
- We have some first aid here. - Put your hands up, now!
- Who did this? - Nobody, it's just on accident.
We should get that looked at.
There're first aid kit bags when we enter the Control Room.
Quiet, Irish!
You guys think I'm stupid? I know what's going on.
We go to search this pall room, will all of it.
Now, go!
Go!
I heard something.
Check the other side!
There's no one here.
Please, let's go back!
I know they were there.
Go, right down to the bottom. Now!
He's coming to get it!
Keep going! Move!
Wait. Stop here.
What? What you do?
- I just-- - Look at me, Irish!
Look at me!
What's wrong with your ship?
- I don't know what was wrong. - Dare you! - I don't know what was wrong.
Look, you're never be able to find one. We're not now anyhow, anywhere on the ship.
You'll never find them. We'll never find them.
Irish.
I'll find them.
Not with him.
Look at that! He's going to bleed to death.
Look man, get us out of here!
You got-- You got a man injured.
Let's take care of his foot.
Take the money out of the safe and let it the call for today.
All right?
You're bad luck, Irish.
Hey, take him upstairs.
I can't move!
Let him and Najee to the bottom.
- You go with him. - We want to go?
Go!
Hey! Wait!
You aren't gona find anybody.
Don't talk. Go.
Your friends make fool of us.
Make us run around.
If one of them moves, send them to their grave.
Here.
We got a problem.
Your buddy's hurt real bad.
You guys to get him thread.
We got a treat base here on board, this guy knows what to do.
What happened to you?
They put glass down for me... they got me.
Where is Muse?
In the engine room.
He wants Najee to come down.
Bridge, bridge, bridge!
How dare your friend to meet you and me.
This is the squad of Maersk Alabama.
We have your captain.
Will you hear your friend now?
Hey, no!
We have your leader.
We have your captain and his weapon, we want have him framed.
- You live a life! - You leader here, you got to make a deal.
Take that ofter or death.
You want to take that offer or death now.
- I know you. - Talk! Talk to your friends cause they know you.
Talk, talk to your friend.
- Come on, asshole, say something. - I love America.
Hey! Get me out of here!
Listen to what these guys have to say.
What happened?
They cut my hand, bad.
We'll straighten everything out later. Just get me out of here!
Give Irish the radio!
I'll give it to him now.
Talk!
Uh, Captain, you know what? Uh, you want to get off the ship.
I know you don't have a skiff anymore, but you can get, uh,... get into our lifeboat.
You can take off, uh-- off like that...
and you get go 30,000 dollars we have in the safe, and you do get off the ship right now.
Do we have a deal?
Say we have a deal!
- Say we have a deal! - Okay, I--
Deal. Deal. Irish, deal.
Okay then.
- Listen. We could, uh-- - Give it to me!
Thirty thousand is nothing...
I want millions.
This, arise this lifeboat.
Hey Bilal, check it out.
If anyone moves, kill them!
Kill them!
Where's our captain?
Where is our guy?
Hey, Capt. Capt, It's Shane.
No weapon! No way, easy!
No weapon to do it. No weapon! No weapon!
Hey, Shane, you have to have the words of the captain.
Chief-- Chief got him down there and--
Bring him out so I can see him.
- No, I want to see him. - You will. You will.
- Bring him out so I can see him! - I want to see.
He got him blind capped.
- Where is he? - Here he is there. There he is.
Come on, there he is.
What's going on, Skinny?
Do what they say and get me out of here!
Be strong, man.
Now let's do this. When we up here, guys, all right? You get in, you buckle up,
we drop you in and you're on your way, okay?
- Okay? - No, you will come with us, till do we get that guy.
- No, no, no. You'll get that guy. - He is all right.
Listen, hey!
You come or I will kill everybody, I don't care. It's your choice!
All right, all right, all right!
All right, Chief. Take the guy up there. It's going to be okay.
Read him on!
- Chief, you get the crew. - No, don't-- don't try!
- Don't get in there! - We got to get them off the ship!
Not like this! No, you can not do this.
Goddamit, Capt!
All right, who drive this impact?
Watch him!
Bilal, hold the gun on him!
Now look.
Very simple operation.
On, off, start, stop.
Compass to follow your heading. You see it on over there.
You got a Toa-Aqua!
- Gas, gas? - What do you call?
- Enough gas? - Plenty of fuel.
- You have fuel to go to Somali. - Capt, Capt! Capt, call the guy, call the guy.
All right, all right! Take him on in, I'm coming out!
Just send him in.
Let's go.
Hey, send the captain out!
All right, now, that handle, see? You got to want to move back, up and down.
You got to up one, two, three, four, five. And then you drop.
Now, come on out!
Capt? Capt, what's going on in there?
Just-- Just however many times it takes.
All fixed, and you're in the water all get to go.
Go!
Now watch!
All right, let's go!
God dammit, no!
- Dammit! - No!
Go!
Irish... it's only us now.
USS Bainbridge Asigned to Counter-Piracy Task Force 151.
This way.
Captain to Combat.
CTF 151, this is Bainbridge Charlie after all.
Captain, this's Admiral Howard.
A US flag cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama is hijacked...
820 nautical miles west of your current position.
four men escape with the ship captain as hostage in a lifeboat.
Presume Somali Pirate, over.
Roger, Mame. We have any other information at all?
Not at this time, Captain. But best guess is they're heading the Somali coast.
Your orders are to proceed best suited intercept...
the further the farther, this is CTF 151, out.
Hops, just scan Eagle Twister surveillance.
Aye, Sir.
CTF, this is Captain, come to full power!
- K-O, get position. - K-O-I.
Reach, Captain.
Full, left, rudder comes to port, 2-8-5.
Hufan, do you read me?
Hufan, can you hear me?
Where's your boss? He ​​should be with us by now.
Don't worry. He's coming.
Stupid hand.
Stop whinning! You sound like a little girl!
You wanted to come with us. You asked for this.
I didn't think this would happen!
I could lose my foot!
You have to be ready for anything...
this game isn't for the weak.
Are you okay, Irish?
Yeah.
Your face looks scared.
But definitely thing's going to be okay.
I'm not going to hurt you.
In 2 days, you'll be eating in Somalia.
Rice, goat meat.
You'll like it.
My boss will talk to the ship company.
It sure look like to come bag of dollars.
You go home.
What is it?
It's a gift.
Irish.
You lied, Irish.
The ship no broke.
They come Somalia, too.
More money!
Look like there ahead no answer to the closest point of land.
Next point will be the Taycom (?), 36 hours the most.
We have to stay with them till the Navy gets there.
Give me some khat.
Why? You've had more than your share.
Say who? Give me some more!
Shut up!
Both of you shut up!
Just take this!
This is it?
That's all I have.
Where is the rest?
I don't have any.
It's all gone.
You are useless. I should take it from you.
Irish.
It's tax.
It's money. Taking you.
Authority, just--.
You come down in water,
you've got to pay.
It is international waters.
Not your water, international water, we're carrying food...
for starving people in Africa.
- Even Somalia. - Yeah, sure.
Then countries like to help Somalia.
This ship comes in our waters...
take all the fish out.
- What left for one to fish? - So you're a fisherman?
Yeah, we are all fishermen.
Okay, let me-- Let me clean out that cut.
Let's get the first aid kit, clean that out, so you don't get infected.
No.
Well, how about the kid? Can I-- Can I look at his bare foot?
No.
They'll fix him when we get back.
No, come on. He're bare, but you, you three got sandals.
He got bare feet.
Go ahead, then.
All right.
Can I get the kits?
Now, come here. It's all right. Give me your foot! Give me your foot.
Come on.
Let me see. It's all right.
How old are you, anyway? What are you? Sixteen? Seventeen?
You're too young to be out here, do all this.
No talking!
Eh! Eh! What you do?
He's got a knife!
What you're going to do with this?
Go back... get back there!
USE scanning will show a lifeboat...
currently 126 nautical miles off the Somali coast,
working in course 3-0-5, at 5 knots.
With the mother ship get in the water at 60 miles on the northeast.
You have an idea who these guys are?
The mother ship is a Taiwan fishing trawler that was hijacked last year.
According to 09-Zever (?) that Veteran Hundred (?) shows Somali warlord Garaad.
We can get in ID the kidnappers.
If this is the Garaad guy, he's looking for a paid date.
Which means they'll talk.
And if we can get in talking, we can begin to wear them down.
Frank, you need to know the thing is running vague here.
There's a lot of pressure building.
The White House hopes this going to be resolved peacefully,
but whatever happens, Captain Phillips does not reach Somalia.
I understand, Admiral, but we're going to need some time.
I think if we press to hard, we put the hostages at risk.
With the IDs, some tacticful patience, so.
Please remember it's up and down, Frank. But the job is clocked.
With appointing of SEAL team, the USS Boxer and USS Halyburton support.
If you have got to it fast, but not narrow down, the SEAL will take care of it.
I understand all that.
Can I have some water, please?
What?
Drive this thing right!
Calm down, we're on the ocean.
I should throw you off this boat right now!
You need to sit down and relax.
That's enough.
Take it away.
From now on, this water is only for us!
Stop being such an asshole.
You've got to control him.
Just drive and shut up.
Hufan, can you hear me?
You have a trouble?
Not to alike.
Your big ship.
Yeah.
Shallow draft.
Any vital current, not take that into account.
I know what I'm doing.
Yeah, yeah, sure, of course. You're the captain.
Hey, Captain.
Why don't you open up that full ahead to get us some more air in here?
What happened to you?
Do not talk to me.
You know what? A little air might do him some good.
Yeah, open the hatch, so...
you're cool. No trick? No, no trick, Irish.
Hufan, can you hear me?
We should be heading northwest,
we've got to get to Garaad's port.
I am, but there's a lot of wind.
Just go!
Okay, then let me do it!
Muse? Are you there?
Are you there?
Hufan, where are you?
I'm having trouble with the engine.
Head home. I'll be there as soon as I can.
Hey, we are alone out here,
we need you to pick us up!
We've got to get out of this lifeboat.
Shut up and listen to me!
You screwed up getting the ship...
so Garaad says bring back that Captain.
or don't come back at all!
Sound like a problem. You get problem?
Problem?
No problem, Irish.
Everything will be okay.
SEAL STAGING BASE – VIRGINIA
Yes, Sir.
Here's the latest SOCOM.
Bainbridge still have it till your arrival to negotiate directly.
for the past voice you assume our bravo command.
The White House has authorized any mean necessary to solve it.
Roger that.
I need air.
When are we going to be home?
I can't feel my legs anymore.
It's like hell in here!
You want it down, maybe not to do that.
You want air.
For the same thing you still to worry you got the cut bad.
No, no, no, not!
Whose cut is this?
Talk too much. Too much.
Hold, hold on.
We're going to need some more water.
When we get home,
we get a million barrels of this.
All the water that you want.
- Really? - Last year,
I took a Greek ship.
Six million dollars.
Six million dollars?
Why you're doing here?
Shut up, Irish!
Too much talk.
The problem isn't me talk to you, the problem is you not listening.
You think you have any power here?
Let him go!
I should shoot you and be done!
Take your gun off him!
I'm the captain! Who do you think you are?
You're taking his side?
You let the American do whatever he wants!
I'm losing control!
It's the American!
Be ready for this!
Held in the lifeboat, this is Frank Castellano, Commander of the USS Bainbridge.
We want to get Captain Phil back safely, and end this thing peacefully.
- Don't move! - All right.
Out to the lifeboat,...
No military action, no military action, no Al-Qaeda. We are just fishermen.
Thank you, I ask.
Calm down, brother...
we're here for the Captain, not for you.
They have a spy with them!
Hey... you. Who are you?
My name is Nemo...
I worked with the U.S. Navy.
We just want to talk.
I talk English.
I want ten million dollars.
It's not that easy...
but we'll work on it.
In the meantime, what if I bring you some food and water?
No trick, or your captain's dead!
[Speaking in Somalian]
On crew at 1.020 Eta (?).
- Shane Murphy? - Yeah.
It's kind of heck, USS Bainbridge.
During a military engage and so, Sir,
you should bring the ship left to 210, really.
We're doing escort you to Mombasa, and ensure that the ship safe.
Your captain would be in good hands.
All right. I hear and got you.
OSS, fixed the camera on the lifeboat.
Checked, Sir. The boat deck is main and ready, DBSS is on station.
Request permission to lower the gigs.
- Execute! - Aye, Sir.
Bridge GEO, launch the gigs!
They're coming...
Bilal, watch him!
Watch him closely!
Irish, your crew.
Well,
Ship go.
The Navy's clearing the area.
You have to think about what you are doing.
Navy is good. They protect us.
Back to Somalia.
Navy is not here to protect you.
Now they're here to negotiate with you.
No choice!
I got you.
Open your door! We are here with your supplies.
You're down, America!
Calm down, brother!
We're just here to help you.
Put your guns down, now!
...which come one outside, gun in his hand.
It would be a dragging away.
Listen, we need to see our guy.
We've got suppies... food, water for you...
but we need to see our Captain.
Okay.
Wait.
They want to see him.
Bring him out!
[Speaking Somalian]
Here he goes. Down!
Are you all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. Yeah, yeah.
Way back, let my family knows where I am.
Yes, sir. We give them all cases.
It's important they know where I am.
I'm in chair 15.
Do you understand?
I'm in chair 15.
All 15 chairs locked as 215.
Right seat, well, CAO (Chief Administrative Officer).
Send message to CTF 151 and so, Stop.
Don'tt worry, Mr., we had it.
Get him back inside.
Shut up and don't move!
Calm down, we just want to talk.
We've got your supplies here... food, water.
- Where's the money? - Give me time.
I don't want your food. I want money.
- They had no talk. - OSS maintains camera footage.
- Hold on a second. - On precise, ten-million dollar sign.
Ten million dollars!
Listen, you're hurt.
We've got doctors on board.
- Let us take care of you. - Hurry up!
They're treating us like children!
Ten million dollars!
It's not that easy,
so we need time.
We've got to talk about this.
Hurry up, I said!
No camera! No camera!
Who fired? CARE, who fired?
- Get the gig out of there! - Render gig! Render gig!
Are you crazy? What are you doing?
You'll get us all killed!
Do you have to talk all day?
You're crazy! What do you think you're doing?
What also have you done so far? Huh, what?
- Move! - The light force comes in.
You have to be strong to get what you want!
...you have to talk!
Just an accident.
Is there anybody hurt?
No, Americans fine. Americans okay.
I need to hear from him.
I said he's okay.
I need to hear from him.
- Come here and talk! - Get out! Get up!
Get up!
Come quickly, quick!
Talk!
Yeah, yeah, it's me.
Are you okay?
He forced a potting me. He just tried out a round right up to my head.
- Is the leader there? - Yeah, I think he can hear you.
Captain, listen to me. We will not tolerate this.
As captain of the ship, you are responsible for the life of everyone on board.
And right now you are putting different serious jeopardy.
We want to resolve this thing peacefully.
So lets find the way out of this together before someone gets hurt.
Alabama lifeboat, response!
I'll talk, when I go to Somalia.
Sit down! Sit down!
- Now it swings to CFT location. - Realized.
Capt, Sir, the lifeboat's 12-hours from the Somali coast.
Boxer and Halyburton have arrived.
PTM of SEAL team is 0400. » PTM: Personal Transport Module.
Irish.
Don't worry.
Everything will be okay.
After this, I go to America.
I always wanted to go to America.
Go to New York, buy a car.
Hey, this situation has gotten bad.
There are two more ships, one on either side.
That one is huge!
Oh, God!
Sit down, sit down!
- I said sit! - Sit down, now!
- Down! - Down! Sit down!
Bilal, get the ropes! I want him to be tied.
Hey, Captain, it's all over.
It's all over the shed.
The other ropes...
Your greedy boss... took off on you. Look, he's coming back.
Just think he didn't want to take on the Navy, he's gone. He left you all alone.
You had a plan, Captain. You had a plan to take my ship.
And that didn't work out, so you thought you can take me?
Shut up, Irish!
And make a run to Somalia, you get half the U.S. Navy out there.
You got to give up! You have to stop!
I can't give up, Irish.
Navy's not going to let you win.
They can't let you win.
They would rather shake this boat...
than let you get me back to Somalia. It's over.
I come too far, Irish.
I can't give up. No!
Hello?
Sir, SEAL is inbound. Deploying 3 miles of our star.
Roger that.
I need to piss.
Fast.
Our water is good for your foot.
He got out!
Turn the boat around!
Bilal, you idiot!
Turn it! Faster, faster!
Move, or we'll leave you!
Capt, Capt! We got two in the water. Two in the water.
Happy time and see we go!
Here we got two guys fall.
- One is Phillips? - We don't know if he fell.
One maybe Bill, but it's also one of the pirate. So we don't know.
We got to be sure.
And go, we get a flare in the air!
Find him! Don't kill him!
Don't shoot!
Stop! What are you doing?
He's gettting away!
Don't kill him!
Better to kill him than let him escape!
There he is!
I'm ordering you! Don't kill him!
Bainbridge, press three! We have SEAL inbound.
Oh, wait Captain! Progressing 0-2-0 on the lifeboat right now.
There are men fell in the water.
- No clear sign today you got? - No.
Nobody shoot like a clear shot.
Where is he?
Here he is! Here he is!
He's here!
Somebody, help!
- One more in the water. - We got one more in the water.
All right, help!
Help!
All right, all right! All right!
Come! Quick! I got you!
Come!
Okay, okay!
Sir, the SEAL is coming aboard.
We got to board the SEAL.
Why did you do it? Say!
Are you crazy?
Crazy!
- Leutenant? - Captain's waiting on the bridge, Sir.
Stop him!
That's enough!
Don't kill him!
If you kill him, we all die!
What do you want me to do to him?
What is he doing?!
Bainbridge, lifeboat. You must surrender!
It's a helicopter.
Get to the other side!
Hell out the lifeboat, come on!
Turn the boat!
Hurry!
Go!
You have a choice to make, Captain.
To move it out and just hang.
People to yell out and to get out hell.
They think you are playing games.
Do something!
You can not win this.
Take the right decision here.
You're running out of time. Do you understand me?
Do you want to go to an Americans prison?
This is your last chance.
Is that what you want?
I know how to handle America.
Give me the pistol!
They think I'm playing games, huh?
- Get the hell out of here! - Go!
Look!
Come on!
Take it home.
He's fine now, check it out!
Combat resist, he hold a gun to Phillips right now.
I get him, I get him! Now!
I get him!
We got shots fired, Captain! Get shots fired.
- How many shots? - Two fired, two fired.
- Get it out! - We're loosing this.
Then what?
They have no respect for us.
We have to play games?
Give me the radio!
The helicopter is coming back.
America, you're on it now!
As you ask it now, I'm going to let him say "bye bye".
Bilal, do not stand there!
Talk!
If they're done. They're going to do in my throat.
And they're going to survive through the body bags.
You're not just a fisherman.
Hear, the Alabama lifeboat.
I'm here to talk about your money.
Agree? I'm here to discuss your money.
Who is this?
I'm the negotiators. I am the one who's authorized and negotiate with you.
Concern up right?
Now, you are Abduwali Muse, right? From Jariban, Matabaan(?) ?
In the clans of the Hawiye and the Darod.
Your friends are Adan Bilal, Nali Elmi and Nouen Najee.
You are Muse, you're the commander. Is that correct?
They know us!
Now we have spoken with the elders in your tribes and they're coming here to negotiate...
a deal in exchange.
We get our man back, I get you money.
But this has to be done in confidence.
We don't want anyone to do the exchange, you need to see the elders.
That's a lie.
You run on lower fuel, we get some weather coming in,
So I suggest that we tow you out to the exchange point.
But we need someone to go aboard and negotiate the deal.
It's an ambush!
Got it?
Okay.
It's an ambush.
Understand?
Send me the signal.
OSS, CEO. I need ice from the rift. I need ice on the rift.
Captain to combat.
Tactical command is now in the SEAL case.
We start over here already.
Sir, we continue to call the lifeboat.
USS Halyburton and USS Boxer standing by for your orders.
and that deal, I need the status from the Halyburton as well.
You have to stay strong.
Don't let anyone in.
Whatever happens, don't stop.
It's my job.
Everything is good, Irish.
Everything's going to be okay.
I will go to the Navy ships,
take the money.
You'll go home.
It will suppose be easy.
I take ship,
ransom,
nobody gets hurt.
You had 30,000 dollars, and the way to Somalia.
It wasn't enough.
I got bosses.
They got rules.
We all have bosses.
It got to be something other than-- to be efficient than kidnaping people
Maybe in America, Irish.
Maybe in America.
Alabama lifeboat. This is the U.S. Navy.
Open your hatch!
Guns down! Put your guns down!
Relax, I need to see the Captain.
I show you got some back lash.
- I show you got some back. - Back!
- Listen, where is he? - Coming.
Come on, wake up!
I got to hook up a tow wire.
- Captain! - No trick! No trick!
We just want to see the Captain.
And they give you stay free in the ship for the meeting with the elders.
Anything happens, he dies.
I tell you.
- So, we have here on the boat. - Good.
Okay, here he come.
DFI, I have eyes on the package.
Captain, are you okay?
Yeah, yeah, are you taking care of this?
It will be over soon.
Hey, Captain, I get a uniform. A clean uniform I need you to wear this.
And stay in the seat you've been seating at.
Put it on, Captain. We need to keep you healthy.
Just wear it on, you know. It keeps you healthy.
Stay calm. It's supposed to be okay.
- All right. - Just relax.
Here, take it.
Bilal, we're getting some wine.
You go in there, inside!
Go!
- Where are our elders? - The elders are reached over there.
Put your guns inside. We go take you to your elders.
Anything happens, he dies.
I give you my words: Everything will be fine.
Put the gun down!
Gun down!
Wait.
Come, attaboy.
Relax.
Take my hand!
I want you there, just relax.
We got him, come on.
Everything's going to be okay.
You have a shirt!
Captain, it'll be over soon, hang on.
Stay at the same seat you've been seating at.
"Capt Phillips, Seat 15"
To port B.
Just four.
Okay, we want just be effective.
- Where do we need to be? - Is at 235 meters.
91 could be awful.
Sir, one Somalis has extracted, where we carry him down,
tow wire is attached.
GAO, lets initiate high speed maneuvers.
Aye, sir.
Halyburton, Boxer, SEAL team,Bainbridge come in high-speed maneuvers now.
You bring him over here.
Here.
Just get off.
Come this way. Come this way.
I go right here.
- Jerra, Pippo, Brian left. - Go this way, let's go. I go right here.
- Jerra, Pippo, Brian left. - Go this way, let's go.
Can you take good care of this guy, okay?
Let us try.
Where are the elders?
- We'll talk about that later. - Go this way.
- This way. Let's go. - Stay over here.
- One suspected pirate on board. - Start at kilo hanger.
- With confidence. - Hold it!
Right there!
Where are our elders?
The elders will be here soon. Relax, we'll take care of it.
Your captain has it very soon. He really gets the money now.
What's going on?!
I can't see.
Give me the radio!
Too much light. We not see.
Take that light.
We're going to initiate the tow.
I repeat, we're going to initiate the tow.
You need to tell your driver...
that he needs to stay in his seat, and continues steering.
Alpha beam is green at this time. One green and two red.
- Lifeboat under tow was 5 knots, Sir. - Copy that.
We need three targets green.
Keep it steady... keep it steady!
Hey! Hey!
I just put on my shirt like they said, that's all.
If he moves again, shoot him!
Sir, the pirates just issued the threat.
What's the translation?
"If he moves again, shoot him!"
It's getting rough!
Keep it straight!
Still rise!
High speed maneuver's creating some big waves, it sets it in down the lifeboat, Sir.
Slow down! It get worse!
What kind of games are they playing?
I can't hold it straight!
Be a man! Just shut up and steer!
American, answer me!
USA, answer me!
Alpha green, Bravo and Charlie red.
Anyone there?
You hear me? Anyone there?
Alabama lifeboat, this is negotiator.
You pull your weight the wrong way! While in our way it's smoother.
Go check it out.
Irish, Irish! What are you doing?
"To my family...."
Alpha beam green. One green, two red.
Give me the distance?
220, so 129 out.
Stop that, Irish.
If he sees, he'll kill us both.
American ship.
Answer me!
Do you hear me, USA?
I speak to say.
I want to speak with him.
Alpha and Charlie, green. Bravo, red.
Alabama lifeboat, it is negotiated your leader. It's in a hello hang away with the elders.
Where're our elders?
American ship. Answer!
Hey!
Hurry! What is this?
What do you do, writing?
They get something going on in there, I think it's a fight.
I thought so.
Over there!
What's the argue?
CAO, give me three-three on the left.
I'm gonna get it at 3.
Stop him!
Kill him!
Bilal, stop him!
Bring the rope!
Alpha and Charlie red. We have two red this time.
Alabama lifeboat, this is negotiator.
If you harm the hostage, we do not have a deal.
Tie him!
Alabama lifeboat, if you harm the hostage, we do not have a deal. You understand?
What are you doing?
Captain Phillips, can you hear me?
- Captain Phillips, can you hear me? - I'm sure you can start it.
- 155 ready to pull the cab. - At 145, checked.
Fill up the dull!
Shut up!
Get a blindfold!
Can you see that?
Can you see, huh?
It's 3 o'clock. Target quest is on my command.
135 meters and 44 after mark, though.
Alpha Green, Bravo and Charlie still red. We get two red.
Bindfold him!
Look, don't do it. You're still a kid.
You understand, put your hand out?
Just put your hands out!
God, help me!
Andrea, I love you.
Always!
I'll be all right!
I'm very sorry!
I'm sorry I'm here, I must tell you.
Anybody hear me? What I try available
130 meters and 39 after marked out.
Two red, no shot!
There are two red.
I need start on target. I need the three targets green.
Don't kill him!
The elders are coming! We will get our money.
You are both idiots.
No one is coming!
Alpha green, Bravo green.
Two green, one red.
- 121, 30 meters far. - I can't stand anymore!
Oh, my God!
That's it... we will all die if we kill him.
Everything they told you was a lie.
They will kill us all,
and he is behind everything!
- 133 meters. - Two green, one red.
We can not have a shot!
Sir, they might shoot him!
Right on! Right on!
- Stop the tow! - Roger. Stop the tow.
Execute!
Oh, God!
What was that?
Oh, no!
Take him down! Take him down!
- Down on there! - Get down!
- Try right there! - What?
Three Tangos down.
Captain Phillips is safe and in route Bainbridge, over.
- Right here. - Pull this guy right here.
You just seat down.
Are you okay? Are you okay?
This way.
Go, sir.
Here.
Walk aboard! He got to take you straight to Medical get you checked out.
HM1, his impact history is a shock.
Hi, are you able to walk okay, sir?
Are you okay? What is your name?
Richard Phillips.
We're going to turn you over to the Department of Justice.
You're going to America to face trial.
You shoot my friends?
Uh, Captain is freed, all of your friends are dead.
It's over. We're going to America now.
You have been suspected of piracy operations.
I'm now going to read your rights.
You have right to remain silent and make no statement at all.
Any statements you do maybe used against your legal proceedings (?).
Captain Phillips, please come in.
Have a seat.
Scissors.
I'm Chiso Brian. I'll be your corpsman today, Okay? Can you tell me what's going on?
Can you talk?
- Can you tell me what's going on? - Well, uh--
Uh, I am okay.
Are you okay? You don't look okay.
Are you having any pain right now?
- Are you having any pain right now? - Uh... uh--
Right there, on your side?
Okay! Let me see if you're really fixed.
Can you lift up your arm a little bit? Is that hurt?
- Little bit? - Little bit.
Okay. In a tender. Go in your charm view.
Okay, now you do it to me. I need you to calm down, I need you breath.
There you go, deep breath. There you go. Very good.
Awesome! Now I want you to relax your arm.
Okay, we'll have to put little things on your fingers.
Some organs get your heart drains your oxygen level made, so you're breathing okay.
Okay.
I want you to keep this one. Is that okay?
What happened to your head?
Captain, can you tell what happened to your head?
I-- I, uh--
They, uh--
- They, uh-- - It's okay, take your time. Take your time.
There are 2 cm laceration on the left side down.
It's okay.
- Okay. Okay - Okay.
I want you to look at me and I want you to breath.
- Do you understand, Captain? - Yeah, yeah.
Okay. All right.
It seems out a four centimeters scar.
Laceration there on the left left temple.
Okay, very good! All right! Do you one great, okay?
Do all this blood come from your eyebrow and your head?
What?
Then all this blood come from your eyebrows, right here and on your head?
- No, not-- - Get all this? - No, not all of it.
- Okay. - That's not mine.
Okay. All right, all right. Look at me.
- Okay, we're going to lay you down, okay? - Okay.
- Yeah. - All right. - Yeah.
You lay down nice and beveling. Nice and beveling, okay?
You're okay, I got you.
Very good. Here he goes.
Captain, you're safe now, okay?
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
You're okay.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
- Does my family know? - Your family knows you're safe.
And you will call them and since you are taken care of.
Sir, I need you to breath, okay?
You are safe and you are fine.
And it's be okay.
Everything will be okay.
It will be okay.
VictorR - 12/10/2013
Richard Phillips returned to Vermont on April 17, 2009 and was reunited with his family.
Abduwali Muse was convicted of piracy and is currently serving 33 years at the Federal Correctional Complex Terre Haute, Indiana.
On July 25, 2010 Captain Phillips went back to sea.