..."iron men and wooden ships"...His said "our security started shooting in the air... and also we started spraying some water" to beat off the attackers.I guess ol' pegleg Omar won't be braggin' about this one at the next pirate party.
Samantha Hendey from Durban, South Africa, told the BBC that her sister Tabitha Nicholson was on board the ship during the attack and the situation was "pretty dramatic".
"She said that there were lots of passengers on deck watching it unfold and they even took action themselves by throwing chairs overboard, trying to hit the pirates."
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UPDATE: Less swash... more buckling...
Yemeni officials say Somali pirates have seized an empty Yemeni oil tanker in a deadly clash with coast guards.[*]
The officials said two pirates were killed in the confrontation in the Gulf of Aden Sunday. Three other pirates and two coast guards also were wounded.