By: Cesar Gutierrez
Plane Disappears in the Middle of the Ocean
At 38 years old born on August 18,1934 Roberto Clemente was one of the greatest baseball players of all-time. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and has 3,000 baseball hits in his baseball career. There are only 9 other people that have 3,000 hits in their careers. There is no doubt that he is one of the best of all time.
On December 31,1972 at “9:22 the plane was set to fly” to Puerto Rico. Clemente on the way to take aid to Puerto Rico after an earthquake destroyed a lot of the country. But 5 minutes after the plane took off the “engine caught fire and seconds later blew the plane to pieces.” “The search for his body began immediately but only the pilot's body was recovered.” Scuba divers, family members and police are still looking for his body.
Clemente sacrificed his life to try to help others. He was a great person not just at this moment but throughout his entire life. In Puerto Rico he wanted to make a sports stadium there that kids in Poverty over there can play in for free as well. Clemente just always helped in the community and really helped alot in the game of baseball and in people's lives.
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