Crew member says one pirate ‘taken down’ Posted byadmin April 8, 2009 U.S. crew members have "taken down" one of the pirates who hijacked their vessel early Wednesday hundreds of miles off Somalia’s coast, one of the crew members told family members. Related posts: Flight 1549 crew: Hudson landing still on our minds Ban lifted, media witness solemn return of fallen service member U.S. Navy arrests pirate suspects in Gulf of Aden U.S. close to handing pirate suspects to Kenya First ex-Khmer Rouge member faces genocide court