Freed crew members return home

Freed crew members return home

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chief engineer Shunji Kuroda (L) and captain Nobuo Inoue (2nd from R at back) are welcomed by their wives at Fukuoka airport on March 23. Kuroda, Inoue and a Filipino engineer were taken captive March 14 when their tugboat Idaten was attacked by armed pirates in Malaysian territorial waters.

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