Video: Pirate Hostage Rescued

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WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 -- Embedded above is a b-roll video of Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, being welcomed aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), April 12, after being rescued by U.S Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. Philips was held hostage for four days by pirates. (Video from Navy Visual News Service. Length: 00:14.)

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