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The ship’s 63-year-old Georgian captain recounted the Somali hostage ordeal to @RTavisupleba in this video. Fifteen Georgian and three Turkish sailors returned home this month after spending 16 months being held hostage by Somali pirates.
The sailors spent 16 months enduring searing heat and brutal abuse at the hands of their Somali captors, who demanded $9 million in ransom…[READ MORE]
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