Published April 11, 2009, 12:00 AM


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A view of the inside of a 38-foot lifeboat with a capacity for 56 people is shown at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Friday. Massachusetts Maritime Academy President Rick Gurnon believes the lifeboat that Capt. Richard Phillips is being held on by four Somali pirates is slightly smaller, 28 feet with a capacity of 26 people.

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