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Three Shots End Pirate Hostage Drama
It takes three "
phenomenal shots
" by snipers to end the five-day Somali pirate drama -- and the lives of three pirates. The American captain of the Maersk Alabama is freed unharmed.
Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
Apr 11, 2009
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