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Passenger Fought Off Pirates With Deck Chair

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
A British vacationer is being hailed a hero after he thwarted gun-toting pirates attacking a cruise ship — by throwing a deck chair at them.... Source: FOXNews [wp_geo_map] Read More

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Somalia

Sunday, April 26th, 2009
26.04.2009: 1942 UTC: Posn: 01:17S - 055:40E, About 645 nm ESE of Mogadishu, Somalia. [wp_geo_map]   Pirates in a skiff attacked and fired upon a passenger vessel underway. The attempted boarding was unsuccessful due to vessels evasive manoeuvres and the armed security team onboard the vessel. Vessel sustained light damages. Read More

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Italian Cruise Ship Fires on Somali Pirates

Sunday, April 26th, 2009
ROME —  An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them away, the commander said Sunday. Source: FOXNews Read More

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