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The city's residents were amply employed by the shipping trade, but containerization needed more land than would ever be available in the city: In April, pirates commandeered the Alabama and took its captain, Richard Phillips, hostage in a lifeboat One of President Obama's first mortal decisions as Commander in Chief was ordering Navy snipers to shoot Phillips's captors. The crew of the QM 2 at least tie up in closer proximity to New York City's attractions than do cargo ships parking in New Jersey.
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The Sailor Man in New York
Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, the Maersk Alabama has just been attacked by pirates. Again.
Cargo ships are attacked somewhere in the world just about every day. But this is the same MaerskAlabama that had become the symbol for modern piracy last spring when its captain and crew were captured and then rescued in a daring raid.Half a world away, the 1,000-foot-Iong cargo container Hanjin Osaka has just pulled into the APM Terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. The terminal is a mini-city unto itself; full ofbuilding-sjze machines and cargo containers stacked so high, they make 18-wheelers look like Matchbox toys.Pastor Marsh Luther Drege and Port Chaplain Joshua Rinas, of the Seafarers & International House (SIH) near Union Square, have just arrived at the terminal's gate. They're here to visit the seafarers of the Osaka, but, like many people in port, their minds seem thousands of miles away, on the Alabama.For a couple of Ludieran missionaries, their work doesn't involve a great deal of Jesus talk The two are loaded down not with Bibles, but with cell phones: "W...See the full content of this document
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