Ship crews preparing for pirates

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with filmmaker Jon Bowermaster who’s just returned from a trip along Africa’s Indian Ocean coast. He describes some new precautions ships are taking as they prepare for the voyage through the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden.

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