A TRI CITIES BUSINESS OWNER GOT MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR ON A RECENT ADVENTURE AT SEA. WELL KNOWN BUSINESSMAN, PAL BARGER WHO FOUNDED PAL’S SUDDEN SERVICE WAS AMONG THE PASSENGERS ON A LUXURY CRUISE LINER THAT PIRATES SHOT AT IN WATERS OFF SOMALIA. COMPANY SPOKESMAN TONY TREADWAY CONFIRMED BARGER WAS ON THE OCEANIA NAUTICA WHEN TWO SMALL VESSELS APPROACHED THE 30-THOUSAND TON OCEAN LINER AND TRIED TO INTERCEPT IT INT HE GULF OF ADEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ATTEMPTED ATTACK. THE CREW OF THE OCEAN LINER USED A DEVICE THAT BLASTED A PAINFUL SOUND WAVE TO KEEP THE ATTACKERS AWAY FROM THE 60-FOOT OCEAN LINER.