There was good news today. Navy Seals shot and killed three of the four pirates holding an American ship's captain hostage off the coast of Somalia. The fourth pirate was taken into custody and the captain was freed unharmed, well as "unharmed" as you can be after being held hostage in a life boat for three days at gunpoint with four idiots who probably didn't even speak English. I mean, what would that be like?
I want to hear the story from him. He looked happy enough after his rescue, but I have to know what went through his head out there in that boat. An American naval warship was in plain sight. The pirates must have been edgy, to say the least. Did they have fresh water to drink? Anything to eat? Was the sun beating down? What did they do about bodily functions? Did he sleep? Did the pirates take turns sleeping, or were they all awake and totally sleep-deprived the whole time? Was he tied up? What did he think about? Did he consider trying to escape? Did he try to escape? Did they hurt him? Were they mean? Was one of them clearly in charge, or did they vie for control? Was there a mutiny? Did they start to panic? How did the captain behave? Was he outwardly submissive, conciliatory? Or defiant? Or aloof? Did he display amused bravado? Was he terrified inside? Did he show it? Did he expect to die? I have so many questions.
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