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| Baseball Star Ramos Describes Rescue |
| 2011-11-12 |
| [Wall Street Journal] 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 locked away five alleged abductors. Mr. 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," Mr. Ramos told Venezuelan state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? , speaking by telephone after arriving at a cop shoppe 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." |
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