there were any gunshots or violence before the ship was seized. He said a Japanese warship responded to the hijacking but is being careful so as not to endanger the tanker’s crew.

The situation is reminiscent of the piracy that flourished in Somali waters between 2007 and 2011. Bands of Somali pirates, based in Puntland or central Somalia, hijacked dozens of foreign vessels during that time, often receiving multi-million dollar ransoms to free the ships and their crews.

Piracy nearly vanished in subsequent years, as ships passing by Somalia improved on-board security and international navies stepped up patrols in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the western Indian Ocean.

Maritime groups have warned that piracy could return because of increased fishing by foreign vessels in Somali waters, most ofNew England fall foliage seen from the clouds

In a doorless helicopter, fixed into nothing but a tiny harness, coasting far above miles and miles of blue sea—that is the moment Nick Vigue felt sheer exhilaration.

For these four Emerson students, pure “bliss” is thousands of feet in the air.

In their latest short film, visual and media arts juniors Vigue, Jack Bushell, Jordan Kines, and Diego Felipe Rosende captured the New England coastline from a new perspective: an aerial view.

These four—who call themselves Bushell Film—shot the sunrise at various locations in the Boston area from inside a Tuckamore Aviation helicopter, and edited their experience into a two-minute video.

This work, titled Bliss, details New England lighthouses and the surrounding fall foliage. It’s the second film Bushell Film has released in this