Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (WWBT) - Two Major League Baseball players with connections to Virginia were among those who died following an incident that claimed hundreds of lives. The rooftop of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic caved in.
Both Octavio Dotel Tony Blanco was extracted from the debris during the night but passed away subsequently.
Dotel, who was 51 years old at the time, began his Major League Baseball career in 1999. He played for 13 different teams and also competed in the minor leagues with the Norfolk Tides. WVEC .
Blanco, who is 44 years old, was part of the Washington Nationals in 2005 and also represented both Japan and the Dominican Republic.
So far, only about several dozen individuals among the confirmed 180 fatalities have been recognized, marking one of the deadliest incidents to occur in the Dominican Republic.
