“Please don’t let me die.”It was 9:15 p.m. Sunday, and “Big Papi,” the beloved former Boston Red Sox slugger, was in real trouble, his surgeons said in their first extensive interview. Quick action by them and bystanders, Ortiz’s size and sheer luck may have protected him from a worse fate. In 2004, Ortiz helped the Red Sox end an 86-year championship drought, and he later captured two more World Series with the club. After sewing together Ortiz’s intestines, the surgeons said they went back to his liver, which was still bleeding. Read moreDavid Ortiz shot in the Dominican RepublicFive detained, gun recovered in Ortiz shootingRattled MLB stars explains what David Ortiz means to baseball

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2019 18:33 UTC