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Kings Point cadets study, serve time in troubled waters
Just two months ago, Laura Ladd was on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, peering into the black night with a flashlight and walkie-talkie. The 22-year-old senior at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point was on "pirate duty." "We rigged the fire hoses, did everything," said Ladd, of Tampa, Fla. The threat of a pirate attack at the time seemed far-fetched. "We kind of blew it off," said Ladd,...
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