tonight captain richard phillips is back safely on american soil not taking credit but giving up. >> they are the superheros, they are the titans, they are they did an impossible job and they did the superpossible with me. >> reporter: those three men he is calling heros are the navy seals. phillips was held hostage for five days. killing all three somali pirates on board. >> you know we all survived because of i our captain. >> reporter: the 19 crew members on the alabama were the first to call captain phillips the hero by giving up to pirates to save his crew. >>> i'm frank somerville, we'll see you again next week.

captain richard phillips is still held hostage in a lifeboat. >> all kinds of wild speculation if notthere was a firefight. the navy released these still photos of the aftermath of the daring rescue of captain phillips. >> then, president obama used that same team to close in on osama bin laden. after giving the order to activate the mission to take out bin laden friday morning, president obama did this -- >> i've got to say i've never seen devastation like this. it is heartbreaking. in addition to keeping all the families who have been affected in our thoughts and prayers, obviously our biggest priority now is to help this community recover. >> after that, that same morning, he did this -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you, i want to let our audience know what they see in front of their screen. air force one just landing at cape canaveral. a special occasion for many reasons. when you think about gabrielle giffords being there in hopes of watching her husband. the president going through with touching the ground there and meeting with some folks. >> on that night that the weather caused

the same team that rescued richard phillips from pirates. the seals work so often now with the cia, some call them the agencies pretorian guard. >> they don't do anything that is super special. they just do everything they're supposed to do. the blocking and tackling exceptionally well. >> their training on the other hand. >> seal training is all about heart. >> is about the toughest in the world. >> if there are any nfl football players watching this telecast, seal training is worse. >> while the army focused on iraq, the seals have taken the lead in afghanistan. killing bin laden has given them bragging rights, even if they are unlikely to talk about. >> the operation is a lot more of them to do. >> bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> special ops counterterror raids quadrupled. what's unusual about the bin laden raid is that we heard about it. we're monitoring the latest at the white house. wusa9.com is your source for the latest details as they emerge on the death of bin laden. >>> to prince georges county now, council member lesli i don't know

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shortly after 9/11 and in 2009 pulled off the spectacular rescue of american merchant captain richard phillipsad been taken hostage by somali pirates. >> thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> drink to the s.e.a.l.s. >> back here in coronado at a bar owned by a former s.e.a.l., a special feeling of pride and gratitude at the news of bin laden's death. >> you can always count on the navy s.e.a.l.s and the special forces to do all the hard jobs. it's very thankless because you can't exactly name who they were, but pretty sure they're proud of what they just did. >> the s.e.a.l.s don't expect parades or medals. in fact, not even their families know the details of what they do while deployed overseas. >> well, there's a lot of times, too, when they say, i can't talk about that. and we don't know half the stuff. but what they can share, they do when they get home. >> rear admiral ed winters in charge of the s.e.a.l.s sent out this e-mail. today, we should all be proud. that handful of courageous men, of strong will and character have changed the course of history. the fight is not over. >> people around th

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in 2009 pulled off the spectacular rescue of american merchant captain richard phillips who was taken somali pirates. back in coronado at a bar owned by a former s.e.a.l., a special feeling of bride and gratitude at the news of bin laden's death. >> you can count on the navy s.e.a.l.s and special forces to do the hard jobs. it's thankless. you can't exactly name who they were. but pretty sure they are proud of what they did. >> reporter: the s.e.a.l.s don't expect parades or medals. in fact, not even their families know details of what they dole while deployed over seas. >> there are times they say, well, i can't talk about that. we don't know half the stuff. but what they can share, they do when they get home. >> reporter: rear admiral ed winters, in charge of the s.e.a.l.s, sent out this e-mail. today, we should all be proud. that handful of courageous men of strong will and character have changed the course of history. the fight is not over. because the s.e.a.l.s operate in secret, the identities of t people in the bin laden operation may never be known, may never be recognized pub