Whew
The crew of the yacht captured by pirates are safe and sound. The yacht's owners paid a ransom, the prisoners were released, they're being repatriated, and all's well that ends well. The French military made a helicopter raid on the pirates, and apparently captured six of them--or five--or something. The reporting is kinda sketchy at that point. I find it hard to work up much sympathy for the pirates. I'm just glad their prisoners are fine. After my glee over last week's headlines, I had a nasty feeling that something awful would happen, such as the pirates trying to cut their losses by killing their prisoners, and I'd regret having talked lightly about it. But no--this time Murphy's law didn't strike.