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Kidnapped Man Speaks about Yacht Hijacking
Paul Chandler, whose yacht was hijacked on Friday off the coast of Somalia, spoke briefly on the phone today to ITV News from the container ship where he and his wife are being held hostage. His brother-in-law confirmed that the voice was his. "I was asleep and men with guns came aboard," Chandler said. The pirates had Chandler and his wife Rachel sail toward Somalia, at which point the two were placed aboard the container ship Kota Wajah, which had been seized by pirates earlier this month. The pirates took "everything of value on the boat" and "kept asking for money," Chandler said, though they had not yet officially asked for ransom. Chandler was asked how he and his wife were being treated, but the connection was lost before an answer came. Some local fisherman said they had seen the Chandlers being taken to a village in Somalia.
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I hope they make it out of this predicament alive.
How stupid does a person have to be to sail in pirate water?
Pretty stupid I would guess.
Its always amazing to me how dumb people are .No I don't feel bad for you.....I am just in shock of how stupid and careless you are.Its always these rich people with nothing to do in there lives that always find them sevles in these kind predicaments... sleeping in a boat.........I mean yacht...excuse me ..poor people have boats.... off the coast of africa.I mean you got to be shiting me. Thats like putting your feet in the water and dangeling chunks of meat around them.Now our navey has to get involed or the coast gaurd. now men and woman have to put there lives on the line to rescue you. you don't think you were just a little careless.Don't you read the papers......you would have had to been stoned the last couple of years not to have heard about that region of the world. Nice move captian nemo........any way good luck and I hope you make it home ........
I'm not usually in favor of violence, but until the pirates are blown out of the water on sight, this will continue.
But it does take some stupidity to let one's self into this sort of danger.
Thank you.
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