UNDERHILL, Vt. - From captivity in a sweltering lifeboat in the Indian Ocean to freedom in the shadow of majestic Mount Mansfield, Captain Richard Phillips completed an improbable, emotional homecoming yesterday to tears, cheers, and a dinner of chicken pot pie.Phillips, smiling broadly and embracing his family, made for a reluctant hero as he walked off a corporate jet and onto a tiny red carpet at Burlington International Airport at 4:40 p.m."I am just a bit part of this story," said Phillips, who praised the pinpoint marksmanship of Navy SEALs who killed his three pirate captors in a daring, precise climax to a tense, five-day standoff that had been watched by the world."They're the superheroes. They're the titans," Phillips said of the SEALs in brief remarks to the news media. "They did the impossible with me."Phillips arrived in his home state of Vermont after a flight from Mombasa, Kenya, that spanned more than 16 hours on a private jet owned by Maersk, the company that also owns the cargo ship the Somali pirates hijacked on April 8.The jet yesterday made brief stops in Malta and Spain before ..more..http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/04/18/gratitude_respect_pride_rain_on_reluctant_vt_hero/
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Gratitude, respect, pride rain on reluctant VT. hero
UNDERHILL, Vt. - From captivity in a sweltering lifeboat in the Indian Ocean to freedom in the shadow of majestic Mount Mansfield, Captain Richard Phillips completed an improbable, emotional homecoming yesterday to tears, cheers, and a dinner of chicken pot pie.Phillips, smiling broadly and embracing his family, made for a reluctant hero as he walked off a corporate jet and onto a tiny red carpet at Burlington International Airport at 4:40 p.m."I am just a bit part of this story," said Phillips, who praised the pinpoint marksmanship of Navy SEALs who killed his three pirate captors in a daring, precise climax to a tense, five-day standoff that had been watched by the world."They're the superheroes. They're the titans," Phillips said of the SEALs in brief remarks to the news media. "They did the impossible with me."Phillips arrived in his home state of Vermont after a flight from Mombasa, Kenya, that spanned more than 16 hours on a private jet owned by Maersk, the company that also owns the cargo ship the Somali pirates hijacked on April 8.The jet yesterday made brief stops in Malta and Spain before ..more..http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/04/18/gratitude_respect_pride_rain_on_reluctant_vt_hero/
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