Nationals catcher kidnapped
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Benevolent One
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Rescued
VALENCIA, Venezuela -- The kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and arrested four alleged abductors.
Ramos said he was happy and thankful to be alive, and that the final moments had been hair-raising as police and the kidnappers exchanged heavy fire in the remote mountainous area where he was being held.
"The truth is I'm still very nervous, but thanks to God everything turned out well," Ramos told Venezuelan state television, speaking by telephone after arriving at a police station in his hometown of Valencia early Saturday.
He thanked the police and National Guard commandos who rescued him, saying "the boys did a great job."
Ramos, 24, had not been seen or heard from since he was seized at gunpoint outside his home in the city of Valencia Wednesday night and whisked away in an SUV. It was the first known kidnapping of a Major League Baseball player in Venezuela, and the abduction set off an outpouring of candlelight vigils and public prayers at stadiums as well as outside Ramos' home.
VALENCIA, Venezuela -- The kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and arrested four alleged abductors.
Ramos said he was happy and thankful to be alive, and that the final moments had been hair-raising as police and the kidnappers exchanged heavy fire in the remote mountainous area where he was being held.
"The truth is I'm still very nervous, but thanks to God everything turned out well," Ramos told Venezuelan state television, speaking by telephone after arriving at a police station in his hometown of Valencia early Saturday.
He thanked the police and National Guard commandos who rescued him, saying "the boys did a great job."
Ramos, 24, had not been seen or heard from since he was seized at gunpoint outside his home in the city of Valencia Wednesday night and whisked away in an SUV. It was the first known kidnapping of a Major League Baseball player in Venezuela, and the abduction set off an outpouring of candlelight vigils and public prayers at stadiums as well as outside Ramos' home.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Does anything in South America not end in heavy gunfire? I think thats the plan for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics
The Olympics being played in Brazil is a mistake. Rio is right up there with Baghdad, Karachi, Chechnya, Mogadishu and Detroit on the most dangerous cities list.
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SlowNeasy
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i like detroit a hell of alot better than d.c.
it has it's bad sections like all cities but it's really very nice. hmm, it's fallen on some really tough times with the recession. it's a damn shame. it had come back so far from the bad rep it once had.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
i like detroit a hell of alot better than d.c.
I'll take Detroit and DC over Philadelphia any day.
Benevolent One
Team Owner
That's like saying I'd take a colonoscopy over a root canal
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Bucky Badger
Go Kyle Go
Well, mabey he should live HERE with the money he made HERE