American hostage, Captain Richard Phillips, freed from Somali pirates:US commandos freed hero Capt. Richard Phillips today and killed most of the pirates holding him hostage in a dramatic end to the four-day high seas standoff that riveted the world.
CNN reported Phillips helped divert the pirates by jumping into the ocean, giving waiting Navy Seals an opening to wipe out the ragtag pirates who had been holding the world's most powerful Navy at bay on the Indian Ocean.
Three of the four Somali pirates were killed, and the fourth was taken into custody, according to initial reports.
The resourceful Phillips was said to be uninjured and safely aboard the destroyer USS Bainbridge.
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