American captain Richard Phillips taken hostage freed from Somali pirates

**min0 lee** · 04-12-2009, 06:51 PM

Yankees 3- Pirates 0

American captain Richard Phillips taken hostage freed from Somali pirates
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Sunday, April 12th 2009, 4:37 PM

US Navy Seals freed hero Capt. Richard Phillips today and killed the pirates holding him hostage in a dramatic end to the five-day high seas standoff that riveted the world.

One of the four buccaneers, a 16-year-old, gave himself up before the shooting started and may face the first US piracy trial in two centuries.

The other three Somali pirates were picked off by Navy sharpshooters when they stuck their heads up in the wave-tossed 18-foot lifeboat in which they were holding Phillips bound and at gunpoint.

Navy Vice Admiral William Gortney said talks with the pirates were "getting heated," sea conditions were worsening and Phillips was deemed in imminent mortal danger from the pirate leveling an AK 47 at his back.

Snipers on the fantail of the destroyer USS Bainbridge, which was towing the lifeboat with a 100-foot line, opened fire when they "observed the pirates with their heads and shoulders exposed," Gortney said.

The captain, widely hailed for giving himself up as a hostage to save his crew and for his valiant escape attempt Friday, was unhurt and safely aboard the USS Boxer.

He told his boss, John Reinhart, head of the Maersk Line shipping company, that he wasn't comfortable with the hero label.

"'The heroes are the Navy, the Seals, and those that have brought me home.' That was his quote," Reinhart said.

President Obama, who ordered the operation, praised the Navy rescuers and the captain's selfless concern for his crew. "His courage is a model for all Americans," Obama said.

Phillips' wife, Andrea, said she wanted to thank everyone who hoped and prayed for her husband as he drifted with his captors for five days.

"This is truly a very happy Easter for the Phillips family," said family spokeswoman Alison McColl.

The crew of the 17,000-ton relief cargo vessel Maersk Alabama, which continued on to Kenya without their captain, set off a flare, hoisted an American flag and jumped on the decks for joy at the news.

"Our prayers have been answered on this Easter Sunday," said Capt. Joseph Murphy, a professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and father of Phillips' first mate.
"My son and our family will forever be indebted to Capt. Phillips for his bravery."

The Justice Department said it was researching how to prosecute the first piracy case since the early 19th century, when Barbary pirates raided ships off "the shores of Tripoli," as the Marines Hymn puts it.

Admiral Rick Gurnon, head of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, called it "a great day for mariners around the world" but urged people to remember the 200 international mariners still held hostage in Somalia.

Gurnon praised Phillips in biblical terms.

"He's like the Good Shepherd who exchanged his life for the lives of his flock," he said.

Phillips, 53, offered himself as a hostage to save his 19-man crew when the heavily armed pirates took his ship Wednesday.

He and the pirates had been drifting in an out-of-gas lifeboat, surrounded by massive US warships who could do little but keep pirate reinforcements from reaching the lifeboat.

The audacious pirates even opened fire Saturday on a small Navy vessel sent from the Bainbridge to reconnoiter.

Phillips made a dramatic escape leap into the waves from his 18-foot floating prison on Friday but was recaptured by the pirates who opened fire near the fleeing skipper.

The Maersk Alabama, along with the 19 crewmen, landed in Kenya Saturday.

"He saved our lives!" shouted second mate Ken Quinn of Bradenton, Fla. to reporters waiting on the dock in Mombasa. "He's a hero!"

Crew members said the pirates swarmed onto their vessel from out of nowhere.

"They came from the stern of the ship and came on with hooks and ropes and were firing in the air when they got onboard," said ATM Reza, of Hartford.

Phillips told his crew to lock themselves in a safe room and offered himself as a hostage.

Then, somehow, the unarmed crew took their ship back.

Reza said he stabbed a pirate in the hand with an ice pick and tied him up. The crew tried to trade the captured pirate for Phillips, but the Somalis instead whisked the captain onto a lifeboat and fled.

Quinn described the wild experience of battling with pirates as "terrifying and exciting at the same time."

Crewman William Rios, a New Yorker, said he would make a special trip to St. John the Baptist Church to give thanks.

**min0 lee** · 04-12-2009, 06:53 PM

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Captain freed when snipers kill pirates
Swift rescue operation left three of the Somali captors dead
The Associated Press
updated 6:39 p.m. ET, Sun., April 12, 2009
MOMBASA, Kenya - U.S. Navy snipers opened fire and killed three pirates holding an American captain at gunpoint, delivering the skipper unharmed and ending a five-day high-seas hostage drama on Easter Sunday.

The pirates were pointing AK-47s at Capt. Richard Phillips and he was in "imminent danger" of being killed when the commander of the nearby USS Bainbridge made the split-second decision to order his men to shoot, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney said.

Phillips' crew, who said they had escaped the pirates after he offered himself as a hostage, erupted in cheers aboard their ship docked in Mombasa, Kenya. Some waved an American flag and fired flares in celebration. A lawn sign in the captain's hometown of Underhill, Vermont that read "Pray for Captain Phillips' release and safe return home" was changed to read, "Capt. Phillips rescued and safe."

Resting comfortably
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet said Phillips, 53, was resting comfortably after a medical exam on the San Diego-based USS Boxer in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. Gortney said the captain had been "tied up inside the lifeboat" over much of the ordeal.

"I'm just the byline. The real heroes are the Navy, the Seals, those who have brought me home," Phillips said by phone to Maersk Line Limited President and CEO John Reinhart, the company head told reporters. A photo released by the Navy showed Phillips unharmed and shaking hands with the commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge.

U.S. officials said a fourth pirate had surrendered and was in military custody. FBI spokesman John Miller said that would change as the situation became "more of a criminal issue."

The rescue was a dramatic blow to the pirates who have preyed on international shipping and hold more than a dozen ships with about 230 sailors from a variety of nations. But it also risked provoking retaliatory attacks.

"This could escalate violence in this part of the world, no question about it," said Gortney, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed pirate, told The Associated Press from one of Somalia's piracy hubs, Eyl, that, "our friends should have done more to kill the captain before they were killed. This will be a good lesson for us."

"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them (the hostages)," he said. France and India have both taken deadly military action against pirates in recent months and seen no significant retaliation, however.

'A model for all Americans'
The Defense Department twice asked President Barack Obama for permission to use military force to rescue Phillips, most recently late Friday evening, U.S. officials said. On Saturday morning, Obama signed off on the Pentagon's request, as he had a day earlier, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Capt. Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew," Obama said in his first comments on the situation. "His courage is a model for all Americans."

He added that the United States needs help from other countries to deal with the threat of piracy and to hold pirates accountable.
A spokeswoman for the Phillips family, Alison McColl, said Phillips and his wife, Andrea, spoke by phone shortly after he was freed.

"I think you can all imagine their joy and what a happy moment that was for them," McColl said outside of the Phillips home in Underhill. "They're all just so happy and relieved. Andrea wanted me to tell the nation that all of your prayers and good wishes have paid off because Capt. Phillips is safe."

The Navy said Phillips was freed at 7:19 p.m. local time.

When Phillips' crew heard the news aboard their ship in the port of Mombasa, they placed an American flag over the rail of the top of the Maersk Alabama and whistled and pumped their fists in the air. Crew fired two bright red flares into the sky from the ship.

"We made it!" said crewman ATM Reza, pumping his fist in the air.

"He managed to be in a 120-degree oven for days, it's amazing," said another of about a dozen crew members who came out to talk to reporters. He said the crew found out the captain was released because one of the sailors had been talking to his wife on the phone.

Surrendered himself to safeguard crew
Crew members said their ordeal had begun Wednesday with the Somali pirates hauling themselves up from a small boat bobbing on the surface of the Indian Ocean far below.

As the pirates shot in the air, Phillips told his crew to lock themselves in a cabin and surrendered himself to safeguard his men, crew members said.

Phillips was then held hostage in an enclosed lifeboat that was closely watched by U.S. warships and a helicopter in an increasingly tense standoff.

Capt. Joseph Murphy, the father of second-in-command Shane Murphy, thanked Phillips for his bravery.

"Our prayers have been answered on this Easter Sunday," Murphy said. "If not for his incredible personal sacrifice, this kidnapping and act of terror could have turned out much worse."

Murphy said both his family and Phillips' "can now celebrate a joyous Easter together."

Talks to free Phillips began Thursday with the captain of the Bainbridge talking to the pirates under instruction from FBI hostage negotiators on board the U.S. destroyer. The pirates had threatened to kill Phillips if attacked.

Escape attempt failed
Phillips jumped out of the lifeboat Friday and tried to swim for his freedom but was recaptured when a pirate fired an automatic weapon at or near him, according to U.S. Defense Department officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk about the unfolding operations.

Elsewhere off the Somali coast Friday, the French navy freed a sailboat seized off Somalia by other pirates, but one of the five hostages was killed.

Three U.S. warships were within easy reach of the lifeboat and early Saturday, the pirates holding Phillips in the lifeboat fired a few shots at a small U.S. Navy vessel that had approached, a U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

The official said the U.S. sailors did not return fire, the Navy vessel turned away and no one was hurt. He said the vessel had not been attempting a rescue.

The district commissioner of the central Mudug region said talks on freeing Phillips had gone on all day Saturday, with clan elders from his area talking by satellite telephone and through a translator with Americans, but collapsed Saturday night.

Phillips' crew of 19 American sailors reached safe harbor in Kenya's northeast port of Mombasa about the same time under guard of U.S. Navy Seals.

'Good lesson for the pirates'
The U.S. Navy had assumed the pirates would try to get their hostage to shore, where they could have hidden him on Somalia's lawless soil and been in a stronger position to negotiate a ransom.

"The Somali government wanted the drama to end in a peaceful way, but any one who is involved in this latest case had the choice to use violence or other means," Abdulkhadir Walayo, the prime minister's spokesman, told the AP. "Any way, we see it will be a good lesson for the pirates or any one else involved in this dirty business."
Residents of Harardhere, another port and pirate stronghold, were gathering in the streets after news of the captain's release, saying they fear pirates may now retaliate against some of the 200 hostages they still hold.

"We fear more that any revenge taken by the pirates against foreign nationals could bring more attacks from the foreign navies, perhaps on our villages," Abdullahi Haji Jama, who owns a clothes store in Harardhere, told the AP by telephone.

Pirates are holding about a dozen ships with more than 200 crew members, according to the Malaysia-based piracy watchdog International Maritime Bureau. Hostages are from Bulgaria, China, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Tuvalu and Ukraine, among other countries.

A spokesman for the German anti-piracy operation told the AP that the U.S. did not give any clue as to its plans in regard to the ship captain.

He had no details on the fate of the German freighter Hansa Stavanger, which was captured earlier this month or on the fate of its 24 crew of five Germans, three Russians, two Ukrainians, two Filipinos and 12 Tuvalu residents.

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**min0 lee** · 04-12-2009, 06:56 PM

Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed pirate, told The Associated Press from one of Somalia's piracy hubs, Eyl, that, "our friends should have done more to kill the captain before they were killed. This will be a good lesson for us."

"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them (the hostages)," he said. France and India have both taken deadly military action against pirates in recent months and seen no significant retaliation, however.

Fuck them, they shouldn't try to steal and kidnap anyone.
What do they expect, for everyone to bend over to them.

Hopefully hunting season is now open on pirates.

**bio-chem** · 04-12-2009, 07:19 PM

don't fuck with the US. thats what the military is for. those seals are amazing. truly an amazing skill set those men have

**Little Wing** · 04-12-2009, 09:52 PM

the new pirate logo

skull and cross hairs

**danzik17** · 04-12-2009, 10:17 PM

**Little Wing** · 04-12-2009, 10:20 PM

new pirate logo...by lw

**Burner02** · 04-12-2009, 10:50 PM

Somali Pirates Vow Revenge After Captain Rescued

Sunday, April 12, 2009

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File: A Maersk cargo ship like the one hijacked off Somalia carrying 20 Americans.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.
The Navy Seals late Sunday rescued freighter Capt. Richard Phillips, who had been held by pirates on a lifeboat that drifted in the Indian Ocean for five days.
"Every country will be treated the way it treats us," said Abdullahi Lami, one of the pirates holding a Greek ship anchored in the pirate den of Gaan, a central Somali town.
"In the future, America will be the one mourning and crying," he told The Associated Press by telephone. "We will retaliate for the killings of our men."
He gave no details and it was not clear in what way the pirates could retaliate, though some fear they could take their revenge on the hundreds of other foreign nationals they hold on seized ships.
The rescue dealt a blow to pirates who regularly seize passing ships and hold them captive until multimillion dollar ransoms are paid. But it is unlikely to help quell the region's growing pirate threat, which has turned the Gulf of Aden and the waterways along Somalia's coast into some of the most dangerous shipping lanes on the planet.

Pirates currently hold more than a dozen foreign ships, most moored along the Horn of Africa nation's long coast, with about 230 foreign sailors from Russia to the Philippines.
The American rescue followed a similar operation Friday carried out by French navy commandos, who stormed a pirate-held sailboat, the Tanit, in a shootout at sea that killed two pirates and freed four French hostages. The French owner of the vessel was also killed in the assault.
Residents of the Somali town of Harardhere said tensions were growing there.
Abdullahi Haji Jama, who owns a clothing store in the town, said: "We fear that the pirates may retaliate against the foreign nationals they are holding."
But he also said people feared "any revenge taken by the pirates against foreign nationals could bring more attacks from the foreign navies, perhaps on our villages."
Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said the American operation "could escalate violence in this part of the world, no question about it."

Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed pirate, told The Associated Press that the three pirates' deaths were "a painful experience." Speaking from the pirate hub, Eyl, he added: "this will be a good lesson for us."
"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them," Habeb said. "Now they became our number one enemy," he said of U.S. forces.
So far, at least, it has been rare for Somali pirates to harm captive foreign crews.
Several years ago, a crew member of a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked for six months was killed by pirates, but no reason was given but it appeared to be an isolated incident, according to Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No reason was given but it appeared to be an isolated incident, he said.
Somalia has been engulfed in fighting and anarchy since the 1991 overthrow of Siad Barre, and remains today a country with no effective government, a nation ruled by tribal clans.
The piracy scourge appears to have evolved partly out of an attempt by Somali fishermen to protect their waters against illegal foreign trawlers who were destroying their livelihoods. Some of the vigilantes morphed into pirates, lured by the large profits they could win in ransoms.
Somalia's prime minister welcomed the U.S. Navy's operation Sunday.
"The Somali government wanted the drama to end in a peaceful way, but anyone who is involved in this latest case had the choice to use violence or other means," Abdulkhadir Walayo, the prime minister's spokesman, told The Associated Press. "Anyway, we see it will be a good lesson for the pirates or anyone else involved in this dirty business."
Pirates were defiant though, vowing the events would not stop them form seizing more ships.
One pirate vowed the events would not stop them from targeting more ships.
"The mere killing of three and capturing one will not make us change our mind," said one pirate holding a German ship anchored in the Somali town of Harardhere who refused to give his name. "We are determined to continue our business regardless of the recent killings and arrests."

**Chubby** · 04-12-2009, 11:06 PM

**Burner02** · 04-12-2009, 11:07 PM

Please? Attack a heavily armed US war ship that has orders to defend itself with their cute widdle boats...

**maniclion** · 04-12-2009, 11:49 PM

We should give them a quick burst demo of "R2D2 with a boner" aka the Phalanx CIWS which can rip out bursts of 20mm shells at around 3000-4000 rounds per minute.....the thing sounds like a giant tattoo gun writing on a sheet of 1" steel, it would shred their little dinghy boats in seconds.....

**lnvanry** · 04-13-2009, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by maniclion

We should give them a quick burst demo of "R2D2 with a boner" aka the Phalanx CIWS which can rip out bursts of 20mm shells at around 3000-4000 rounds per minute.....the thing sounds like a giant tattoo gun writing on a sheet of 1" steel, it would shred their little dinghy boats in seconds.....

My last employer manufactures them...they are pretty intense, but the PHLX system is pretty outdated.

nonetheless, don't underestimate a speedboat full of explosives on a suicide mission...vets from the USS Cole will remind you of that.

**Chubby** · 04-13-2009, 12:39 AM

I think employees of the cargo ships should learn how to use weapons and keep some AK 47 in the ship for self-defense. What do you guys think

**Burner02** · 04-13-2009, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by lnvanry

My last employer manufactures them...they are pretty intense, but the PHLX system is pretty outdated.

nonetheless, don't underestimate a speedboat full of explosives on a suicide mission...vets from the USS Cole will remind you of that.

I had thought about that. However, the Cole was at harbour. Don't recall how the boat got past security, but would be a different story on the open seas.
I also remember something from a briefing of my military days: No matter how good your security is, if someone wants in bad enough, they will find a way.
The one consisstant weakness to every 'perfectly designed security defense' is...human error.

**maniclion** · 04-13-2009, 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by lnvanry

My last employer manufactures them...they are pretty intense, but the PHLX system is pretty outdated.

nonetheless, don't underestimate a speedboat full of explosives on a suicide mission...vets from the USS Cole will remind you of that.

We always had men on the 50cals port/stbd while in the Prsn Gulf....this was a couple years before the Cole Incident. I hope every ship in that area does that now....I saw our GM's rip apart a lamb corpse with one of our 50cals during an exercise I know what it would do to a speedboat....

**maniclion** · 04-13-2009, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by chobby192

I think employees of the cargo ships should learn how to use weapons and keep some AK 47 in the ship for self-defense. What do you guys think

Some ships do have a security team aboard but if you have several fast moving speedboats swarming your ship and threatening it with a rocket launcher or 2 your in a tight spot..... It's like a pack of wolves circling a lumbering buffalo it may have horns but it has to turn fast enough to watch it's back and rear flanks. Most Captains know they have no choice when it comes to the welfare of their crew......

Same way pirates used to get merchant ships back in the Sailing Vessel days lob some cannon balls and terrify the captain into surrendering.

I think we need to start sending some dummy tankers out filled with a couple Seal teams. They could have a front that falls down and a few Armored and Armed to the teeth speedboats come rushing out and have water dogfights with these pirates

**bio-chem** · 04-13-2009, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by maniclion

I think we need to start sending some dummy tankers out filled with a couple Seal teams. They could have a front that falls down and a few Armored and Armed to the teeth speedboats come rushing out and have water dogfights with these pirates

**tallcall** · 04-13-2009, 09:30 AM

It wouldn't be a bad idea to send these ships out with a detachment of Marines or Seals as security. I think it would be better to give some of them Navy escorts, especially for the humanitarian missions.

**min0 lee** · 04-13-2009, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by bio-chem

don't fuck with the US. thats what the military is for. those seals are amazing. truly an amazing skill set those men have

You do know who's idea it was right?
It was your funky majestic Overlord!

**bio-chem** · 04-13-2009, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

You do know who's idea it was right?
It was your funky majestic Overlord!

I have a funky majestic overlord?

**min0 lee** · 04-13-2009, 11:08 AM

We Americans do....he's Obama.

**tallcall** · 04-13-2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

We Americans do....he's Obama.

CHANGE........CHANGE.........BRAINS....(Whoops, I Mean).....CHAAANGE!!

**min0 lee** · 04-13-2009, 12:06 PM

**largepkg** · 04-13-2009, 01:47 PM

3 shots 3 kills! SWEET

**maniclion** · 04-13-2009, 01:57 PM

I wonder how many SEAL's were swimming underneath that lifeboat right before the shots? If one of them had missed the shot, which is incredible that all three actually did given the rocking action of both vessel's, I bet a team was ready to bust onto the deck and slit some throats.......

**bio-chem** · 04-13-2009, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

We Americans do....he's Obama.

If he is really a majestic overlord why is he bowing to another nations king?

**min0 lee** · 04-13-2009, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by bio-chem

If he is really a majestic overlord why is he bowing to another nations king?

I don't think he is, Do you want a leader to be an arrogant hated President like someone or a n intelligent leader who is eager to talk but willing to strike if need be so like he did with the pirates.

This was a good call.

**min0 lee** · 04-13-2009, 03:06 PM

The majestic overlord thing was sarcasm but bowing to other nations...wow.

**bio-chem** · 04-13-2009, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

The majestic overlord thing was sarcasm but bowing to other nations...wow.

I'm not sure if you got the reference of mine. im totally fine with him making the decision to have these guys taken out. i applaud it and readily accept that he made a good decision here. my reference of bowing to another nations king is when he bowed to the king of saudia arabia.

**min0 lee** · 04-14-2009, 04:33 AM

Three Navy SEALS freed Capt. Phillips from pirates with simultaneous shots from 100 feet away

BY STEPHANIE GASKELL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 4:00 AM

It costs as much as $500,000 to train a U.S. Navy SEAL - and the commandos just proved they're worth every penny.

Elite Special Forces undergo years of grueling training to become the country's go-to guys in tight spots.

The investment paid off this week when - in a remarkable rescue - SEAL snipers on the U.S. destroyer Bainbridge freed Capt. Richard Phillips by picking off three Somali pirates with simultaneous shots from 100 feet away in rolling seas as the sun went down.

"I've been hearing that it was a lucky shot, but this is what they're trained for," said Lt. Nathan Potter, spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, Calif.

There are only about 2,000 SEALs on active duty, not surprising because the training alone can take years.

"You can't just grow these people on trees," said Tim Brown, a senior fellow with GlobalSecurity.org.

"It takes years and years to develop them. They train these people to push themselves past the limits, to ignore their limitations and personal comfort to get the job done, whatever it takes."

First, there are eight weeks of Navy basic training. Then six months of basic underwater demolitions/SEAL training, which includes Hell Week - five days of nearly nonstop training.

After that comes another six months of SEAL qualification training, in which advanced skills are taught.

Only about a third of the trainees complete the course - and even then, there's an additional 18 months of training with a platoon before being deployed into any combat situation.

The cost to train just one SEAL is estimated to run from $350,000 to $500,000.

"You can't really put a price on what they do," said Cmdr. Greg Giesen, spokesman for the Navy's Special Warfare School.

A senior U.S. counterterrorism official told the Daily News that the legendary Naval Special Warfare Development Group - known as DevGru, or SEAL Team Six - was involved in the rescue operation.

DevGru consists of the "best of the best" of the Navy SEALs and has been on the front lines in the hunt for terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden.

Former Navy SEAL William Brown, 31, of New Jersey, said he wasn't surprised at all by the outcome of the Somali hostage standoff.

"Historically, when there's an American in trouble, the SEALs have been the choice of liberation," he said.

sgaskell@nydailynews.com

With James Gordon Meek

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