John Flood, assistant director of the University of Virginia’s Office of Emergency Preparedness. Photo: Dan Addison
Tom Hanks’ latest film, Captain Phillips, opened last month – taking in $26 million in its first weekend at the box office. Here in Virginia, some people take a special interest in the tale of a U.S. cargo ship from Norfolk captured by pirates off the Somali Coast in 2009 – its captain held hostage. Sandy Hausman reports that negotiations were led by a Virginia man with advice from UVA.
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