Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz detailed the moments after he was shot in the Dominican Republic during an interview with the Boston Globe's Bob Hohler on Saturday.
Ortiz was shot in his home country on June 9 as he sat with friends in a Santo Domingo nightclub. The 43-year-old survived the shooting and was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital on June 10.
“Please don’t let me die. I have four children," Ortiz reportedly told the hospital staff as he was rolled into surgery. "I want to be with them."
Ortiz suffered another health scare nearly a month after the shooting.