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UK Yacht Couple 'OK' With Somali Pirates

'We are well,' Paul Chandler says by phone

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(Newser) – A British couple taken from their yacht by Somali pirates say they’re in good condition and are being held aboard a hijacked container ship. “We are well and being looked after OK,” Paul Chandler, 59, told the BBC by phone today; he also spoke to British channel ITN, saying the pirates had come aboard early last Friday morning as he and wife Rachel, 55, slept.

“Food is OK at the moment,” Paul Chandler noted, adding that there’s been no ransom demand that he’s aware of. Witnesses told the BBC the Chandlers were removed from the Singapore-flagged Kota Wajah after today’s call, and came ashore with some 30 pirates at the village of Ceel Huur. A British patrol found the Chandlers’ empty yacht earlier today.

Paul Chandler is seen in this undated family photo.
Paul Chandler is seen in this undated family photo.   (AP Photo)
Paul and Rachel Chandler are seen in this undated family photo.
Paul and Rachel Chandler are seen in this undated family photo.   (AP Photo)
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DeniseVB
Oct 29, 09 8:02 PM CDT
No ransom? Pirates didn't steal yacht? Speaking with media? Crazy. Reply
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ultramarine13
Oct 29, 09 8:35 PM CDT
I agree. This does seem like bizarre behavior from the pirates.
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pete_ess
Oct 30, 09 1:29 AM CDT
Try and remember who these "pirates" are: Dirt poor subsistence fishermen whose fish have been stolen from them by international treaties which allow REAL CORPORATE PIRATES to bring in big trawlers and fish out their waters. They rob vessels passing by in their waters to get bread on the table for their families. Is there some excess? Sure. Is there none in the Robber Corporates' actions? Reply
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riffran
Oct 30, 09 4:15 AM CDT
if they put as much effort into trying to make a law abiding living as they did being high seas hoods they might actually do something worthwhile...No pity or sympathy for slimeball dirtbag theives
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