Dominican-born Corridor of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez mentioned Wednesday he has relations unaccounted for who had been contained in the Santo Domingo nightclub when its roof collapsed.
The 53-year-old Martinez was born in Manoguayabo, about 10 miles west of the Dominican Republic’s capital metropolis. Not less than 124 individuals had been killed and a whole lot extra injured when the roof collapsed early Tuesday.
“We’re all affected,” he mentioned. “I nonetheless have relations who’re nonetheless within the rubbles and we do not know what occurred to them. However we simply need to be sturdy, like we have now at all times been. We’re a rustic that prays so much and stays united on a regular basis, so I simply hope all people has the identical braveness.”
Authorities confirmed former main league pitcher Octavio Dotel and former main league utility participant Tony Blanco had been among the many useless. Additionally killed was Nelsy Cruz, the governor of the Monte Cristi province within the nation and sister of seven-time MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz.
Dozens of individuals clad in black and white streamed right into a funeral dwelling Wednesday to pay their respects to Dotel.
“This has been devastating for our nation,” former sports activities minister Danilo Díaz instructed TV station CDN. “He was at all times constructive, a collaborator, a pal.”
Amongst these attending the funeral was Corridor of Fame inductee David Ortiz, previously of the Boston Red Sox baseball staff.
The Jet Set membership was filled with musicians, skilled athletes and authorities officers when mud started falling from the ceiling and into individuals’s drinks early Tuesday. Minutes later, all the roof collapsed. Concrete slabs killed some immediately and trapped dozens of others on a dancefloor the place a whole lot had been dancing to a energetic merengue live performance.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that it’s my flip to truly ship condolences to all our relations and the individuals right here in the US who’ve household over there,” Martinez mentioned. “We’re all unhappy.”
Reporting by The Related Press.
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