When our hands aren't tied we indeed "can do"...






This is Andrea Phillips, wife of Richard Phillips, the formerly captured ship captain that our military forces freed yesterday.

Blessed Easter indeed Andrea.

Semper Fi!

Wife: Ship captain calls US military 'real heroes' (AP)

Yahoo news

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The wife of sea captain Richard Phillips says her husband considers the U.S. military the "real heroes" of his ordeal.

Hoarse from laryngitis and making her first public appearance since Phillips' dramatic rescue at sea, Andrea Phillips, 51, thanked the military, supporters and President Barack Obama, who approved the sniper operation that killed three pirates.

"You have no idea, but with Richard saved, you all just gave me the best Easter ever," she said in a statement read by the family's spokeswoman.

With Andrea Phillips' voice cracking, Alison McColl, a representative of the captain's employer, read the statement as Phillips held hands with her daughter.

McColl said Phillips had spoken to her husband earlier in the day.

She quoted him as saying: "I am just a small part of this. The real heroes of the story are the U.S. military. They are the most dedicated, professional and capable group around. We should all reach out and thank them."

Phillips said the "constant outpouring of support, prayers and yellow ribbons" gave the family strength.....

xtnyoda, shalomed