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Somali Pirate Takedown

Most of you have heard about the Maersk Alabama, the merchant ship seized by Somalian pirates back in April. The one where the Navy stepped in, popped a few caps, and reduced the net inventory of Somalian pirates by four, three of them permanently. The one where we all collectively sighed and said, "Finally, somebody is willing to send the message that we just aren't going to put up with this anymore!"

What you may not know is that the Chief Engineer on the Maersk Alabama is Mike Perry, brother of Steven Perry.

Steve was a shipmate of ours back in the 80's, a QM, who, despite all the abuse we gave him on the boat, turned out to be an pretty decent guy! Steve works up in the San Francisco Bay area in ship traffic control, and has recently joined the site here and has already contributed to our growing list of Sea Stories.

Anyhow, the whole point of this was to let you know about a television documentary, "Somali Pirate Takedown" that has been airing on Discovery and The Military Channel over the last two weeks.

The producers share the story of the seizure of the Maersk, the hostage drama, and the Navy solution. Interviews with crew members, including Steve's brother Mike, are highlighted.

You already know how it ends, so I won't give away anymore details, but suffice it to say that the crew, especially Mike, demonstrated some serious stainless steel huevos, and kept control of the ship and situation. Mike turns out to be pretty handy with a knife, and I'm not talking sushi.

Bravo Zulu, Mike and company. Glad to see you made it through OK, and glad you're on our side.

Add this docu-drama to the list of those not to miss!

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Hello Brad, thank you for your nice review. My entire family appreciates it! My brother sent me another update this morning for another show next week.
Details below were sent to my brother Mike to forward......

The latest news is that the show will be called HIGH SEAS HEROES: FIGHTING BACK PIRATES (working title) and will be broadcast on TLC on Sunday 19th July at 8pm and then again at 11pm. I hope you will be pleased with the final show and look forward to hearing what you think. Once the show has been broadcast we will send you a DVD copy for personal use.
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