Freed U.S. captain's crew jump for joy at release
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 12 (Reuters) - The crew of released American hostage Richard Phillips' ship let off flares, hoisted an American flag and jumped for joy on Sunday at news of their captain's rescue after a five-day high seas standoff.
"We are very happy. He's a hero," one crew member of the Maersk Alabama shouted at journalists amid raucous celebrations on the deck of the vessel that docked in Kenya's Mombasa port after a failed attempt to hijack it earlier in the week. (Reporting by Celestine Achieng and Njuwa Maina; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Jon Boyle)
"We are very happy. He's a hero," one crew member of the Maersk Alabama shouted at journalists amid raucous celebrations on the deck of the vessel that docked in Kenya's Mombasa port after a failed attempt to hijack it earlier in the week. (Reporting by Celestine Achieng and Njuwa Maina; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Jon Boyle)
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