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Bradenton man on hijacked ship likely to be home this week

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Ken Quinn

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By JEFF PATTERSON | News Channel 8

Published: April 13, 2009

The second mate of the container ship hijacked last week by pirates is likely to be back at his Bradenton home by the end of the week, his wife said today.

Zoya Quinn said she is packing to go to New York to meet her husband. She will fly out today.

Ken Quinn, 54, of Lakewood Ranch, was third in command of the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged container ship that was hijacked off the Horn of Africa by Somali pirates. The 20-member crew eventually regained control of the ship, but the pirates took the ship's captain, Richard Phillips, who was rescued yesterday.

Marilyn Quinn, the crew member's mother, speaking from her Lakeland home, said today, "We're elated and we thank the lord. We've very happy and that he's safe and Captain is safe."

Zoya Quinn told a Tribune reporter last week that her husband updated her with intermittent e-mails and phone calls throughout the ordeal.

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