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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 18 > Jubilant crowd greets captain

Jubilant crowd greets captain

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
April 18, 2009

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Greeted by his jubilant family and flag-waving supporters, the ship captain held hostage for five days by Somali pirates returned home Friday, thanking the military for his rescue and maintaining he was just doing his job.

“I’m not a hero;....

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