Attacked US ship docks at Kenya´s port

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-12-2009 10:12

The crew of the Maersk Alabama says their captain is a hero who saved their lives. The ship and its crew are now safe at a Kenya's port of Mombasa while Richard Phillips remains hostage in a lifeboat drifting in the Indian Ocean.

The Maersk Alabama prepare to dock at the Mombassa port in  Kenya, Saturday, April 11, 2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Guarded by US Navy Seals, the ship reached port in Kenya on Saturday.

One crew member told journalists what happened after the ship was seized Wednesday

The crew later overpowered some of the pirates but the Somalis fled with the captain to an enclosed lifeboat.

John Reinhart, president of Maersk Shipping Line says the FBI has told them the ship is a crime scene and the crew will remain onboard during the investigation.

A US military official said on Saturday the pirates in the lifeboat fired a few shots at a small US Navy vessel that had approached, possibly to conduct reconnaissance.

Editor:Zhang Ning