I probably have 25-30 pounds on him, although he is taller. On who would win in a fight - him or Tom Hanks: Ha! That’s easy, Tom Hanks would lose. We all have to remember it is a movie, and it is compressing five days into two hours The story was fairly accurate in the film. And so I truly believe now that it is important to talk to someone who can help you, and to cry. For the fourth morning, I woke up at 5 in the morning crying and sobbing like a little baby and I just let it flow for 45 minutes and it ended on its own. And he asked me what I did when I woke up crying, and I told him what I am telling all of you, and he said well that is one mechanism to release these chemicals and hormones, crying and talking about it, so he told me the next time it happened to let it run its natural course.

And he said basically it was the hormones and chemicals put out by your body during a fight or flight situation. And then he asked me if I cried a lot, and I said no but I was waking up at 5 in the morning crying like a little baby. And then he asked me if I was eating and I said I was not eating much but because it was hot that was normal for me. And then he asked me if I was sleeping and I said I slept like a baby. And he got a sense of me on the phone talking to him and he asked me if I was sad the pirates died, and I said no doc, no Stockholm Syndrome here, and then I said put us all back in the boat and we’ll see who walks out. So I said “if you leave me alone, I will call him” so I called the SEAL psychologist. After some missions, they have to talk to psychologists. And I would mentally slap myself in the head and say “What’s your problem? You made it, you’re lucky.” And there was this one SEAL who somehow sensed something in me and basically was harassing me, and he explained “Rich, it doesn’t always turn out like this.” They are not always successful. 2 days after in the movie it shows me crying in the hospital, and the incident actually occurred the 2nd and 3rd night, I would wake up in the night and I had a digital clock so I knew exactly what time it was, and I would be crying, racking and sobbing. On how he coped with the stress after the ordeal of being held by pirates: I have really had no nightmares or dreams from the incident. Some of the crew had been on for a while and had never complained until after this incident, so the court will decide and hopefully that will convince you. It’s not all my crew and unfortunately we live in a litigious society.

It’s a suit that is ongoing that started 2 weeks after they got back.

Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ follow-up question asked him to “convince me the accusations your former crew is levying against you are false.” I don’t think there’s enough time here to convince you.

The Second Ship by Richard Phillips