On This Day, April 12: U.S. Navy SEALs rescue Capt. Phillips from pirates

On April 12, 2009, U.S. Navy SEALs rescued a U.S. ship captain, Richard Phillips, held hostage by pirates off the Somalia coast, by killing three of the kidnappers four days after the standoff began.

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