A bunch of rich white people from the U.S. almost became the latest victims of piracy when three skiffs fired at their cruise ship on Sunday morning. The 656 passengers each paid up to $10k for a luxurious cruise that lasts about a month. I bet the cruise line fires the activities director for this one. The pirates would have made off with 310 US citizens and 212 Canadians, though they likely would have fled the boat after having to put up with the jerks for only a few hours. As it was, the cruise boat outran the three fishing skiffs loaded down with gun-toting pirates. I’m sorry, but people who decide to take a 32-day luxury cruise deserve to be caught by pirates. “Oh honey, let’s go skiing in Europe this year!” “No, dear, I’ve booked us on a month-long trip skirting pirate-infested coasts–pack the Louis Vuitton luggage!”
via The Lede
ByRocky Thompson
Whatever, but I can t believe that in 2008 a bunch of towel heads in rusty fishing boats and skiffs can commandeer a freighter or cruise ship.
Pfff, it was like 6 guys with rifles, how the heck did they think they could take over a ship with nearly a thousand people on it?? Oil tankers are one thing, though huge it seems they only take like 25 people to run but 1000? There were something like 300 staff on ship, assumedly some of those had to be security. Rather than outrun the pirates they should have run them down.
pirates + RPGs /= Good times. They re lucky those pirates were noobs.