Via CNN:

“I almost died, man,” he said, with tears in his eyes. “I was in a coma. People were criticizing me as if I deserved to be killed.”

“When the bullet hit me, the first thing I felt was like a sting. The first five seconds I thought I was having a nightmare. [Then] a man named Eliezer, who I am very thankful for, he helped me and took me to the hospital,” he recalled.

“I was feeling something that I had never felt before and that was just the feeling of trying to survive,” he added.

Ortiz will always have fans in Boston no matter what.  If he does return to the scene of the crime he better bring some extra security with him.

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