brave[me?]

If faced with the current situation with pirates in Somalia as a captain, I do not think that I would've shown the same kind of courage as the now-famous captain of a captured ship. Personally, I would've had a full -blown meltdown in the face of danger. The question of whether or not people would show the same kind of grace under the pressure he was given leaves the whole world wondering what they would do. The captain did not have any idea what would be happening, or that in giving the pirates a single hostage to see to, he made it easier for the U.S. Navy to fatally shoot the three men that were then watching him.  I, on the other hand, probably would've been in hysterics, heading straight to my doom being held uncomfortably as a hostage on a pirated ship.