David Ortiz’s wife, Tiffany Ortiz, says their story could have had a “tragic ending” if not for the heroic actions of a few individuals Sunday night in the Dominican Republic.
In a statement Thursday, she thanked Eliezer Salvador, the man who rushed the former Red Sox slugger to the hospital in his car after he was shot in an attempted murder plot at a Santo Domingo bar. Salvador, the owner of the Dominican sports betting company Presidente Sports, told The Boston Globe earlier this week that he ran to Ortiz after he was shot from behind in the abdomen and got the local baseball legend into the backseat of his car, which he drove at speeds of up to 120 mph to a hospital three miles away.