Freed Pinoy sailors home from Somalia
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/19/2008 10:10 PM
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Twenty more Filipino seamen arrived in Manila late Saturday night after an 81-day ordeal in the hands of Somali pirates.
The sailors from the M/V Stella Maris arrived at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on board Emirates Airways flight 334.
Their relatives eagerly awaited their arrival following the release on October 9.
Those who arrived Saturday night are included in the fourth batch of sailors kidnapped and taken hostage in Somalia.
The newly-arrived seamen spent the night at the Pan-Pacific Hotel in Manila. A thanksgiving Mass was scheduled for Sunday.
Also on Saturday, two sailors freed from the hijacked M/V Iran Deyanat arrived at the NAIA. With a report from Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
