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Ortiz glad to be home after surviving shooting

BOSTON -- Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says he is glad to be home with family after a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic.

More than seven weeks after he was shot, Ortiz said on Instagram in his first public comments, "Being at home and look at my family celebrating that lm here safe is priceless." Ortiz was released from a Boston hospital on Friday.

Being at home and look at my family celebrating that lm here safe is priceless... Thank for all the prayers ud83dude4fud83cudffd Too bad l can't crush food yet ud83dude11!