Parents, teens had prepared a 'piracy plan'
(NEWSER) - The Danish family that was captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Thursday wasn't caught unawares, reports the AP . The family—a couple with three children, ages 12 to 16—had written on a travel blog that they were in daily contact with anti-piracy forces, and had prepped a "piracy plan" in the event they were attacked. "It is reassuring that they look after us," a Feb. 20 blog post said, referring to naval authorities. On Feb. 23, in what was to be their last posting, they wrote , "We have NOT been boarded by pirates." A day later, that changed. More»