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AUDIO: Andrea Phillips Interview

MORE: Yankee‘s interview with Captain Richard Phillips Audio Interview: Captain Phillips _________ Captain Richard Phillips jokes that his wife, Andrea, had it harder at home than he did with the pirates. He may be right. In this interview with Yankee editor Mel Allen, Andrea Phillips describes the bonds of love and faith that kept her […]

By Yankee Magazine

Mar 03 2010

Richard and Andrea

Richard and Andrea Coggio Phillips, married since 1987, at their home in Underhill, Vermont. After he’d arrived safely home, “I couldn’t leave,” Phillips says. “When I’d sleep, she’d have a hand on me.”

Photo Credit : Smith, Dana
Richard and Andrea Coggio Phillips, married since 1987, at their home in Underhill, Vermont. After he'd arrived safely home, "I couldn't leave," Phillips says. "When I'd sleep, she'd have a hand on me."
Richard and Andrea Coggio Phillips, married since 1987, at their home in Underhill, Vermont. After he’d arrived safely home, “I couldn’t leave,” Phillips says. “When I’d sleep, she’d have a hand on me.”
Photo Credit : Smith, Dana
MORE:Yankee‘s interview with Captain Richard Phillips Audio Interview: Captain Phillips _________ Captain Richard Phillips jokes that his wife, Andrea, had it harder at home than he did with the pirates. He may be right. In this interview with Yankee editor Mel Allen, Andrea Phillips describes the bonds of love and faith that kept her connected to her husband during the ordeal and the moment when she finally heard his voice on the phone. Click here for transcript of Yankee‘s interview with Andrea Phillips