WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - ATM "Zahid" Reza, a crewman from a cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia, hasn't decided whether he will continue his career as a merchant marine, but after arriving home Friday he said he's not doing any more humanitarian missions to Africa.I'm not going back to Darfur," he told reporters outside the gray clapboard house where he shares an upstairs apartment with his wife and 6-year-old son. "I saw. It's worse. It's more worse. It's dangerous navigation over there in [the] Darfur region."Reza said he was steering the US-flagged Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food for hungry Africans, when it was attacked April 8 off the Somali coast. He said the pirates were on the bridge before he could hide with other crew members."I didn't get a chance to run away," he said. "I was driving the ship, so I had no chance to get away from the captain, from the pirates."On Thursday, Reza had described how he and shipmates lured a pirate named Abdul to a darkened engine room. During a noisy struggle, Reza said, he stabbed the pirate in the hand...more..http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2009/04/19/crewman_who_stabbed_pirate_says_he_wont_go_back/Gang Up on Pirates
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