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Barrington Resident Head of Twice Attacked Maersk Alabama

Chris Boardman

Story Created: Nov 18, 2009 at 11:19 AM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM EDT

Pirates striking again, attempting, again, to take over the Maersk Alabama, a large vessel they hijacked earlier this year.

On board, manning the ship, a Barrington captain, whose family sat down with ABC6 Anchor Andrew Gobeil to explain what happened.

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BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) - A sea captain from Rhode Island assured his family that he knew how to handle a pirate attack before his vessel was targeted off the African coast.

Capt. Paul Rochford's vessel, the Maersk Alabama, was attacked
by pirates Wednesday for the second time in seven months. Private guards on the U.S.-flagged ship thwarted the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

The captain's sister, Amy Rochford, says her brother grew up
blocks from Barrington's town beach and has spent his life at sea. He was on a two-week leave when pirates hijacked the Alabama earlier this year.

Amy Rochford says her brother assured his family it wouldn't
happen again. If it did, the 52-year-old captain said he knew what to do.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Saturday, Nov 21 at 3:18 PM Amy Rochford wrote ...

DITTO!

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 6:26 AM Eileen Lee - Newport, RI wrote ...

Hurrah for Captain Rochford! May our ships stay safe or send in the Marines.

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 8:09 PM Mike wrote ...

Good Job. All Merchant Ships should be armed and be able to fight off attacks from these scumbags.

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