After Somali pirates took control of Captain Richard Phillips' cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, he and his crew fought back, taking one of the brigands captive.

在索马里海盗控制了船长理查德·菲利普的货船——马士基阿拉巴马号——之后，他和船员们奋起还击，将其中一名海盗俘获。

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The Bainbridge is the ship from which US Navy snipers killed three pirates who were holding Richard Phillips, the captain of the freighter Maersk Alabama, on board a drifting lifeboat.

正是斑布里奇号上的三名美国海军狙击手击毙了在一艘漂浮的救生艇上劫持着马士基·阿拉巴马货轮船长理查德·菲利普斯的三名海盗。

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53-year-old Capt Richard Phillips, the 1st American taken captive, had been taken hostage since April 8 as the pirates tried to hijack the Maersk Alabama cargo ship in the Indian Ocean.

8日，货船"马尔基亚拉巴马"在印度洋海域被海盗劫持，53岁的菲利普斯成为首位被海盗俘虏的美国水手。

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The container ship,Maersk Alabama, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden to the port of Mombasa,Kenya, on the east coast of Africa.

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The capture of the Maersk Alabama made news around the world.

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But,for days,a small boat had been following the Maersk Alabama.

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The Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food aid, was seized by the four pirates in April 2009.

BBC: Somali pirate sentenced to 33 years in US prison

Muse is the only surviving attacker of the Maersk Alabama merchant ship off Somalia's coast in April 2009.

BBC: Somali man pleads guilty to seizing US merchant ship

Prosecutors said Muse was the first to board the Maersk Alabama, firing his AK-47 assault rifle at Capt Phillips.

BBC: Somali pirate sentenced to 33 years in US prison