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When authorities walked the young Somali man before the cameras earlier this week, one thing was very visible in addition to the big smile on his face and large bandage on his hand -- Harlem sailor William Rios says he's the one who gave him that wound in a struggle off the coast of Somalia.

"I see him reaching for something, and God forgive me for this, I stab him in the hand," said Rios.

Rios says make no mistake about it, Abduwali Musi was a key member of the pirate crew that tried to hijack his ship, the Maersk Alabama.

Rios says he wants to meet the Somali face to face, again.

"I would just like to see his face and let him look at my face, because in a way, I saved his life. Even myself, I wanted to kill him," said Rios.

Rios says he tied him up for at least six hours on the ship after fellow crew members tricked him into giving his gun to another Somali. Rios says he almost felt sorry for him.

"At one point he told me, please don't kill me, please don't kill me. I'm just doing this because we hungry, we need money. That touched my heart," said Rios.

The three other Somalis with Musi were shot and killed by Navy Seals who rescued the ship's captain.

There's been some debate as to how old the alleged pirate is. Some of his family members reportedly say he is only 15 or 16. But U.S. authorities say he is older than that and plan to try him as an adult.

In fact, Rios says the pirates seemed pleasantly surprised when they learned that they had boarded a ship from the U.S.

"When they find out that we were, Americans, they started clapping their hands, saying more money, more money," said Rios.

Rios says his ordeal hasn't stopped him from working and plans to hit the high seas as soon as possible.