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Jun 25, 2024 · Richard Phillips is Keeping Busy Despite Retirement. The retired Captain Richard Phillips lives in Underhill, Vermont, with his wife Andrea, whom he married in 1987. They have two children, Mariah and Daniel AKA Danny.
Jul 3, 2024 · Played by Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips, there is a real man behind the titular protagonist. Captain Richard Phillips was born in Winchester, MA, in 1955 and worked as the ship captain of the MV Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Four years later, this feat was chronicled by the Paul Greengrass film Captain Phillips.
- The MV Maersk Alabama Hijacking
- Captain Richard Phillips Is Rescued
- The Lawsuit Against The Maersk Line
- The First Attack on The Maersk Alabama
- Was Captain Phillips A Hero?
In early April, 2009, a container ship operated by the Virginia-based Maersk Line was traveling from Salālah, Oman to Mombasa, Kenya. On board was a crew of 21 Americans under the command of Captain Richard Phillips. Phillips, born on May 16, 1955 in Winchester, Massachusetts, graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1979 and began his ...
The crew of the Maersk Alabama had sent out distress signals and began tailing the lifeboat. On April 9, they were met by the destroyer USS Bainbridge and other U.S. vessels and aircraft. A small security of armored soldiers joined the crew of the Alabamaand ordered them to continue on their journey to Kenya, while U.S. officials attempted to negot...
Any Hollywood adaptation based on true events is bound to take some creative liberties with its story, whether in the interest of time or drama, but the accuracy of Captain Phillipsis further called into question because of its source material. Was Phillips’ own account entirely accurate, or did his perception of the event differ from the true real...
Shockingly, the pirate attack shown in the film wasn’t the only one the Alabamafaced. The day before the ship was taken over, two other small vessels attempted to hijack the ship, though they weren’t successful. “We had two pirate attacks over 18 hours,” the unnamed crew member said. And according to the crew member, as the two pirate boats came in...
In Captain Phillips, Richard Phillips is painted as a heroic figure who puts his life on the line to save his crew. “If you’re gonna shoot somebody, shoot me!” Hanks says in the film. This moment, crew members said, never happened. According to them, Phillips never sacrificed himself for the crew, but was simply grabbed by the pirates and forced on...
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Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009. [1]
Oct 12, 2013 · Reuters. In his just-released film “Captain Phillips,” Tom Hanks plays a brave mariner who leads his faithful crew through treacherous waters and a harrowing run-in with Somali pirates. But who...
Dec 26, 2016 · Captain Richard Phillips, right, standing alongside Commander Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge, after being rescued by U.S. Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia...
He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2] On 16 February 2011, Muse was sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in U.S. federal prison. [3]
