Breaking now… a standoff with pirates developing minute-by-minute. An American captain is being held hostage on a lifeboat by four armed attackers. He’s their last bargaining chip. A Navy destroyer has it in its sights. AM has an angle on the story you will not see anywhere else.
We were actually working on a story with a crew member's father when this all went down. Joe Murphy was teaching a first-of-its-kind course in fending off pirates at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy when he got the call that his son’s ship was hit. He spoke to his son, Shane Murphy – who’s now in charge of the crew's safety – with the captain in danger.
Will the Navy act? Will the pirates flinch first? Answers could come over the next three hours… Don’t miss