Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing thanks to his saviors.

Never give up, work with your team and, if you have a chance, learn to operate an AK-47 before you get kidnapped on the high seas by gun-toting pirates. That was the lesson from the talk Captain ...

The most shocking moment in Captain Phillips, which re-creates the ordeal of a freighter captain kidnapped by Somali pirates, comes in the very first shot: an exterior of Phillips’ Vermont home, for ...