U.S. ship reaches Kenya without kidnapped captain

Sunday, April 12, 2009

MOMBASA, Kenya -- Nineteen American sailors reached safe harbor Saturday days after escaping a pirate hijacking off the Horn of Africa, exhilarated by freedom but mourning the absence of the captain they hailed for sacrificing his freedom to save them.

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