After some missions, they have to talk to psychologists. And I would mentally slap myself in the head and say "What's your problem? You made it, you're lucky."Īnd there was this one SEAL who somehow sensed something in me and basically was harassing me, and he explained "Rich, it doesn't always turn out like this." They are not always successful.
#CAPTIN PHILLIPS REAL SITUATION MOVIE#
2 days after in the movie it shows me crying in the hospital, and the incident actually occurred the 2nd and 3rd night, I would wake up in the night and I had a digital clock so I knew exactly what time it was, and I would be crying, racking and sobbing. I have really had no nightmares or dreams from the incident.
On how he coped with the stress after the ordeal of being held by pirates: Some of the crew had been on for a while and had never complained until after this incident, so the court will decide and hopefully that will convince you. It's not all my crew and unfortunately we live in a litigious society. It's a suit that is ongoing that started 2 weeks after they got back. I don't think there's enough time here to convince you. And ships had been taken out 1200 miles before, so the 600 miles was not that accurate.Ī follow-up question asked him to "convince me the accusations your former crew is levying against you are false." So the warnings and advisories were basically if you can avoid the area, to avoid it by 600 miles and we were always in 600 miles. And this ship had been in that area for 4 years. But if you look at a chart of our route, we were never outside of 600 miles. The 600 miles were advisories and warnings put out by various organizations. On criticism he has received that he ignored warnings of a minimum safe distance off the Somali coast and put the crew in danger:Īgain this has to do with the suit that started shortly after the incident. Some answers have been edited for clarity. He received some praise from redditors for answering some of the more unpleasant questions - including ones dealing with accusations from his crew that he put them in danger.
Phillips, who has been sailing for 34 years, offered answers to "almost anything" on his career, which he described as " many different things, including Somali Pirates (which you may have heard of, thanks to the recent movie)." Richard Phillips, Merchant Marine and ship captain whose story inspired the Tom Hanks' film "Captain Phillips" about his abduction by Somali pirates, conducted a surprisingly candid Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AmA) on Wednesday. Captain Richard Phillips is portrayed by Tom Hanks in new film
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