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Massachusetts Couple Fends Off Red Sea Pirates.

No, really, they did. A Massachusetts couple were on their sailboat, Gandalf, sailing across the Red Sea with another family, when they were approached by two outboard wooden fishing boats, each with two Yemeni pirates on board, armed with AK-47s. The pirates begin shooting at them (to kill them - there were no "warning shots"), so the sailboats turned to flee. When they saw they couldn't outrun the pirates, the Gandalf turned about and rammed one of the pirate boats, smashing it. A sailor on the second sailboat then began firing at the second pirate boat with his shotgun, injuring them. The two sailboats safely escaped.

Good guys: 2
Bad guys: 0

Don't tell me we live in a civilized world where everybody can have a reasonable discussion about their differences.

Link to TheBostonChannel.com article.

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