Wednesday night the Washington Nationals’ catcher, Wilson Ramos, was kidnapped from his home in Venezuela. Four gunmen intruded into his house and snatched Ramos while his father and brother were present. His home is about 95 miles west of Caracas, the capitol of Venezuela. There has been no word from his captors and the condition of Ramos is unknown. Drew Storen, Nationals closer said, “Extremely upsetting news about Ramo. Thoughts and prayers with him. Scary situation,” on his Twitter account soon after Ramos was taken. For years, Venezuelan baseball players’ families have been the targets of kidnappings. For instance, in June 2009, the then-Colorado Rockies catcher, Yorvit Torrealba, had his son who was only 11 years old taken from his home. Other players have had their mothers, brothers, sisters, etc. kidnapped. I wonder why they want to harm these people? Maybe they are upset because baseball players have the stereotype of making a lot of money. Who knows, but it is wrong for them to harm innocent people. I am hoping for a safe return for Wilson Ramos.
The author of this article made good use of previous accounts of kidnappings. By explaining other incidents, it makes readers wonder why it is happening so much. It also adds validity to the author’s argument. The writer seemed to have good knowledge on Ramos, which also added to the validity of the argument. I think the author is also hoping for a safe return for Ramos.
This is terrible! I agree that the kidnappings probably have to do something with the pay checks baseball players receive. It was definitely a good technique to include past kidnappings. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteI agree Janet.
ReplyDeleteOh my god... That's so scary.
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