April 8, 2009. The Maersk Alabama is traveling to Kenya with a load of food aid when it’s attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean. It’s the first time in two centuries that a US flagged ship has been seized by pirates. 

What happened next became an international sensation, and the subject of a blockbuster movie, starring Tom Hanks.

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