CNN breaking news - Capt. Phillips freed!!!

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<p>No articles yet, but the bright yellow banner on CNN website says so! Three captors have been killed.</p>

<p>Oh, here it is:</p>

<p>[American</a> captain rescued, pirates killed, U.S. official says - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates/index.html]American”>Hostage captain rescued; Navy snipers kill 3 pirates - CNN.com)</p>

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<p>Amazing really.</p>

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<p>What a great Easter gift for his family!</p>

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<p>Hooray! President Obama isn’t a wimp.</p>

<p>It is a better world for having more dead pirates.</p>

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<p>Wow, I get my news faster on CC than anywhere else and so read this here first. </p>

<p>Great news! Details have not emerged. </p>

<p>Captain Phillips lives here in Vermont and so it is all over our papers (to this point).</p>

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<p>Most excellent!</p>

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<p>I’m watching CNN, and it has been reported that while one of the pirates was on the USS Bainbridge negotiating a deal, Capt. Phillips jumped into the ocean again, and the three remaining pirates were shot by snipers before they could fire at him.</p>

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<p>So glad to hear of this outcome.</p>

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<p>Wonderful news! I can only imagine his families relief and joy.</p>

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<p>Boy, I bet there’s a big book contract waiting for him! </p>

<p>Kidding.</p>

<p>I’m thrilled to find that this incident has ended well for the Captain.</p>

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<p>Novelisto…while you are kidding about the book, I realize…I would not mind one and would expect that he will be interviewed and such a great deal because he was heroic throughout this ordeal starting with offering himself as a hostage to keep his crew free from harm. He also jumped from the lifeboat another time before today when the Navy was there to assist him. There is likely a lot more to the story to come out. I think people are generally interested in heroic efforts, particularly ones that are patriotic as well, and I sure would rather listen to an interview of that or read a book about it than someone who gained fame for things like having 8 babies from in vitro. :D</p>

<p>That said, if I were his wife, I’d say “no way” to having him captain ships in those particular waters around Somalia in the future.</p>

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<p>Great news for a very courageous man and his family. Go U.S. Navy, another bunch of courageous men (proud Navy Mom here).</p>

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<p>What great news. I have been refreshing CNN and BBC on my computer to see if there are any updates. He sounds like a pretty feisty guy - having the guts to jump overboard a 2nd time - wow. Just so great when it all comes together perfectly like this. Three cheers for the courageous captain and for the Navy.</p>

<p>I think there is a news conference at 3.30 Eastern.</p>

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<p>Best news ever. Great day. As the a reporter said a few days ago, it was a big ‘Oops’ moment when the pirates realized that they had boarded a U.S.-flagged ship.</p>

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<p>The Navy Seals are incredible, just amazing in their skill and courage.</p>

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<p>What a Captain! Thank goodness the Navy was ready when he made that 2nd risky move to save himself by jumping overboard. The Navy wasn’t ready for it the first time but thank goodness they were ready for it the 2nd time around. He’s a hell of a brave guy.</p>

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<p>Now they are saying he did not jump overboard this time.
New conference on CNN now.</p>

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<p>(CNN) --" The American cargo ship captain held hostage by pirates jumped overboard Sunday from the lifeboat where he was being held, and U.S. Navy SEALs shot and killed three of his four captors, according to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the situation.</p>

<p>Capt. Richard Phillips, right, stands with U.S. Navy Cmdr. Frank Castellano after Phillips’ rescue Sunday.
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<p>Capt. Richard Phillips was helped out of the water off the Somali coast and is uninjured and in good condition, the official said. He was taken aboard the USS Bainbridge, a nearby naval warship, and later flown to the USS Boxer, where he was “resting comfortably,” the U.S. Navy said."</p>

<p>ABOVE WAS CUT AND PASTED FROM THE CNN NEWS WEBSITE</p>

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<p>But the navy are saying that the news reports about him jumping overboard (this time) are incorrect.</p>

<p>They are not saying exactly what happened. Personally I am not sure they should especially if the same rescue tactics may be useful again in the future. Nice though it is to know, we don’t *need *to know everything.</p>