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Originally Posted by Raellus
Someone told me that the lifeboat was only about 35m off the fantail of the destroyer. What were the pirates thinking?
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The destroyer was towing the lifeboat to get it out of approaching rough weather.
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
GIGN did the same thing the other day with a French freighter, but one hostage got killed in the process.
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Actually I believe it was a sailboat, not a freighter with two families on board. Which brings the question of why they'd cruise that area.