The photos of the funeral of the former player of the Major Baseball Octavio Dotel league are emerged from the Dominican Republic after being killed in the tragic collapse of the roof.
More than 200 people died, with a few hundred more injured, the day after the roof of the Jet Night nightclub during a Merengue concert on Tuesday.
Dotel, 51, is among the most notable people to have died in the heartbreaking incident.
People in mourning can be seen crying outside the commemorative service, with bearers carrying his blue coffin of a hearse with many distraught people surrounding his body.
The singer performing at the nightclub, Rubby Perez, as well as local governor Nelsy Cruz, sister of the MLB veteran, Nelson Cruz, also died in the incident.
The former Dominican professional baseball player, Tony Blanco, died in the collapse while successfully saving the life of the former star of the MLB Esteban German.
The photos of the funeral of the former player of the Major Baseball Octavio Dootel league have emerged
More than 200 people died, with a few hundred more injured, in the middle of the roof collapse
Dotel, 51, is among the most notable people to have died in the heartbreaking incident
Dotel spent 15 seasons in the major baseball league and played for 13 teams, the second Plus in history.
The emergency launcher is mainly famous for being on the cardinals during their win Series 2011 victory, with Nelson Cruz playing for their opponents in this inclination of the championship, the Texas Rangers.
Dotel was reported as having been saved from rubble after having shouted with help. However, Dotel’s brother Angel told El Nuevo Diario that he had died before being taken from under the debris.
“They told us that he was alive, but in reality he had died since last night,” said Angel.
“It is not true that he died on the way … The blow struck him on the head and it seems that it broke his neck.”
Dotel had been heard shouting using the first stakeholders, according to the Dominican Supercanal television. His death amazed his contemporaries in the baseball community.
“My brother is pain in my soul. Thank you for being a friend, a brother and a good to that, the former Cardinals teammate of Dotel, Yadier Moina, wrote in an Instagram post. “I will always remember you, brother and the moments we have experienced. Thank you for all the moments, leader! We have lost a joyful soul !! Rest in peace, my soul mate!
“Shocking news, we have lost a great person and a ball player!” The great Venezuelan Omar Vizquet wrote on X. “Rip Octavio Dotel and my deep condolences to his family and to all the people affected by this tragedy”.
Dotel is photographed to play for the cardinals of St Louis in 2011, where they won the World Series
There were up to 1,000 people in the club when the disaster struck around 12:44 p.m. Tuesday
The rescue teams have used thermal cameras which can detect the heat signatures of the victims’ body
The longtime baseball writer Jason Stark described Dotel one of his “favorite people” in a post X.
“In 2019, Edwin Jackson broke his record from most of the teams presented (with 14). So I called him, wrote Stark.
“If you are released, it’s cheating,” said Dotel. “So he cheats because he was released three times.” We will miss it!
There were between 500 and 1,000 people in the club when the disaster hit around 12:44 p.m. on Tuesday, reports local media. The club has a capacity of 700 people seated and around 1,000 people standing.
The rescuers ran to find survivors early Wednesday and continue to put pressure on the research effort, which, more than 24 hours after the roof, began to limit itself more to the bodies in recovery.
Perez was on stage when there was a power failure and the roof crashed, according to Eyewitness reports.
MLB published on Tuesday evening a statement saying: “MLB is deeply saddened by the passages of Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco, Nelsy Cruz and all the victims of last night tragedy in Santo Domingo.
“We send our sincere condolences to the families and friends of all those who have been touched and to our colleague Nelson and to his whole family.
“The link between baseball and the Dominican Republic is deep, and we think of all Dominican players and fans through the game today.”
