flag maersk alabama. lead pirate's head was going to explode. >> he couldn't/x understand it. who is that? where is he? >> i don't know. i'm here with you. >> the pirate wanted to search the ship again. this time it was the crew member named atm who took him. before he left, the captain whispered instructions. >> atm was coming toward me. i said take him to the boys. he doesn't have a weapon hoping that he would do that and he was smart enough and did a very imaginative and brave thing and took him down there and overpowered him. >> and incredibly, with the chief engineer brandishing a knife in the darkness, the pirate leader was subdued, bound, and dragged into the safe room with the hiding crew members. this photo of the leader was taken by a crew member. soon after the capture. the tables were turned. it seemed like a major victory for the crew of the maersk alabama. the remaining pirates were now furious. >> they started getting panicky. you can tell it in their voice, the way they were screaming for