Somalian Pirates Stopped; Maersk Alabama Reportedly Retaken by US Crew

Somalian pirates seized a US cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, that was en route to Kenya with supplies intended to relieve at 7:30 am local time today. The news seemed tragic, if not unsurprising, because of the good intent of the ship and the prevalence of Somalian pirates in that area.

However, good news arrived just a few minutes ago when the Pentagon announced that the US Crew on board had reportedly overtaken the Somalian pirates and re-seized the ship.

Currently, Maersk Line, Ltd., CEO John Reinhart is denying the rumors that the company has control of the ship again: "We have no facts that confirm the ship has been retaken ... I believe it's premature to comment on that, and I don't think it's in the best interest of the safety of the crew to comment on that at this time ... "They'd be outgunned," Reinhart said. "They don't have any weapons. It would be inappropriate for them to decide to become heroes. We'd like them to come home safely."

However, that doesn't necessarily mean that a retaking of the ship hasn't happened. And if it has, well, not to get all awkwardly patriotic or anything, but I'm getting pretty excited here. I understand that these pirates ending up doing what they do not because they're evil people, but because of worldly circumstances (I think anyway) but they're still pirates. And they still hijacked an American ship that was bound for a poorer country with supplies intended for relief.

So if our American sailors managed to throw down on the pirates, shrug off a raid and get control of the ship back, well, you better believe I'm getting excited.