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| Rescued ship captain returns home | Rescued ship captain returns home |
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| Richard Phillips, captain of the US container ship the Maersk Alabama that was attacked by pirates off the Somali coast, has arrived back in the US. | Richard Phillips, captain of the US container ship the Maersk Alabama that was attacked by pirates off the Somali coast, has arrived back in the US. |
| His home town of Underhill, Vermont, is preparing to give him a hero's welcome. | His home town of Underhill, Vermont, is preparing to give him a hero's welcome. |
| After being reunited with his family, Capt Phillips thanked the military for rescuing him, saying there were the real heroes. | After being reunited with his family, Capt Phillips thanked the military for rescuing him, saying there were the real heroes. |
| During the attack, he offered himself as a prisoner to the pirates in return for them letting his crew go free. | During the attack, he offered himself as a prisoner to the pirates in return for them letting his crew go free. |
| He was rescued after US snipers shot dead three of the pirates that were holding him captive on a lifeboat. | He was rescued after US snipers shot dead three of the pirates that were holding him captive on a lifeboat. |
| 'Bit part' | |
| Capt Phillips said the navy "did the impossible" by saving him, adding that he was "not a hero". | |
| "I am just a bit part in this story: I'm a small part, a seaman doing the best he can like all the other seamen out there," he said. | |
| He added that he was proud of his crew. | |
| "We do the best with what we've got, and my crew did an excellent job," he said. | |
| The 19-man crew arrived back in the US on Thursday. They have not yet been reunited with the captain. | |
| Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have intensified attacks on shipping in recent weeks in one of the world's busiest sea lanes, despite patrols by the US and other navies. | |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan on Wednesday to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean off Somalia. |