Why is modern piracy so thrilling to me? The New York Times talks to the pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Why is modern piracy so thrilling to me? The New York Times talks to the pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Mr. Sugule acknowledged that they were now surrounded by American warships bristling with firepower but he did not sound afraid. “You only die once,” Mr. Sugule said.

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