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PART I
PROLOGUE
TWENTY-TWO DAYS AGO
Western Indian Ocean, 0215 (GMT)
DAY 1
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, Yemen 1030 (GMT)
Northeastern U.S. Air Space, 1130 (GMT)
DAY 2
Ullapool, Scotland, 1820 (GMT)
DAY 3
USS Bennington (CG-74), North Arabian Sea, 0342 (GMT)
Antioch, Maine, 1330 (GMT)
Ullapool, Scotland, 1350 (GMT)
Antioch, Maine, 1407 (GMT)
RAF Mildenhall, U.K., 1540 (GMT)
Pirate Mother Ship Suleiman, Western Indian Ocean, 1549 (GMT)
Antioch, Maine, 1612 (GMT)
DAY 4
RAF Lakenheath, U.K., 0845 (GMT)
39,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, 0850 (GMT)
RAF Lakenheath, 0853 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1237 (GMT)
The White House, Washington, D.C., 1315 (GMT)
St. James Square, London, 1422 (GMT)
USS Bennington, Indian Ocean, 1427 (GMT)
London, 1959 (GMT)
DAY 5
London, 0431 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1500 (GMT)
Sana’a, 1510 (GMT)
Sana’a, 1512 (GMT)
USS Bennington, Indian Ocean, 1527 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1650 (GMT)
Mukalla, Yemen, 1751 (GMT)
DAY 6
USS Bennington, East of Socotra Island, 1032 (GMT)
Suleiman, East of Socotra Island, 1140 (GMT)
DAY 7
McLean, Virginia, 0208 (GMT)
PART II
DAY 8
M/V Kirkwall, Gulf of Aden, 0600 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0620 (GMT)
Suleiman, Gulf of Aden, 0625 (GMT)
M/V Kirkwall, Gulf of Aden, 0707 (GMT)
USS Bennington, North of Socotra, 1732 (GMT)
Northwest of Socotra, Gulf of Aden, 1755 (GMT)
Suleiman, Gulf of Aden, 1820 (GMT)
Northwest of Socotra, Gulf of Aden, 1940 (GMT)
USS Bennington, Gulf of Aden, 1942 (GMT)
Datum, 1948 (GMT)
DAY 9
USS Bennington, Gulf of Aden, 0330 (GMT)
Sana’a, 0330 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0642 (GMT)
Mukalla, 1040 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0815 (GMT)
The White House, Washington, D.C., 1631 (GMT)
U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Sana’a, 1640 (GMT)
DAY 10
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0600 (GMT)
Mukalla, 0644 (GMT)
Socotra, Yemen, 0645 (GMT)
Mar’ib, Yemen, 1650 (GMT)
Mukalla, 1829 (GMT)
DAY 11
Mar’ib, 0630 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1500 (GMT)
Mar’ib, 1620 (GMT)
Mukalla, 1840 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1843 (GMT)
DAY 12
Mar’ib, 0302 (GMT)
Mar’ib, 0307 (GMT)
PART III
DAY 12 (cont.)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0831 (GMT)
USS Bennington, Djibouti, 0950 (GMT)
Suleiman, South of Mukalla, 1400 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 1555 (GMT)
DAY 13
The White House, Washington, D.C., 0214 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0715 (GMT)
U.S. Embassy, Sana’a, 0741 (GMT)
DAY 14
USS Bennington en Route to Socotra, 1440 (GMT)
DAY 15
Mar’ib, 0401 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0423 (GMT)
Hadiboh, Socotra, 0610 (GMT)
Batwing 58, 0632 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0723 (GMT)
Hadiboh, 0724 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0725 (GMT)
Batwing 57, off Socotra, 0731 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0735 (GMT)
Batwing 57, 0737 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0739 (GMT)
Hadiboh, 0741 (GMT)
Batwing 57, 0743 (GMT)
Hadiboh, 0748 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0813 (GMT)
Hadiboh, 0817 (GMT)
USS Bennington, off Socotra, 0820 (GMT)
Hadiboh, 0924 (GMT)
DAY 16
USS Bennington, South of Socotra, 0200 (GMT)
DAY 18
Hadiboh, 1112 (GMT)
DAY 19
Mar’ib 0747 (GMT)
DAY 22
McLean, Virginia, 0323 (GMT)
Camp David, 1423 (GMT)
EPILOGUE
THREE WEEKS LATER
USS LeFon, Norfolk, Virginia, 0420 (GMT)
Ullapool, Scotland, 1620 (GMT)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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