maritime academy 's family had been `` going through hell , '' head of Captain says . Capt . Phillips , rescued from pirates that day , had been trained at academy . `` I was pretty sure he would be OK , '' academy leader says . `` While this is a great day for Massachusetts Maritime Academy and for all of our alumni and all mariners around the world , we still have more than 200 men and women held hostage in Somalia , '' Gurnon said . Wife talked to , laughed with Richard Phillips on phone after rescue , spokeswoman says .
maritime academy 's family had been `` going through hell , '' head of Captain says . Capt . Phillips , rescued from pirates that day , had been trained at academy . `` I was pretty sure he would be OK , '' academy leader says . Wife talked to , laughed with Richard Phillips on phone after rescue , spokeswoman says .