All New York Yankees fans can remember the night of November 4, 2001. That Sunday night when the nearly impossible occurred: seeing Mariano Rivera blow a lead in the bottom of the ninth by surrendering two runs to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Game Seven of the World Series and watch Arizona go crazy with delight. Little did anyone that night know that it would save the life of one of Rivera’s own teammates.
Enrique Wilson was a backup infielder whom the Yankees acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates during the season. He watched from the dugout as the whole thing developed.