KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals mascot was in Mexico when a deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the country.
The mascot is in Mexico to promote baseball in the country and visit a Children's Hospital.
In a string of tweets, Sluggerrr described his experiences.
Story time. Please follow along and share, I feel this is important.
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
Today, around 11:30am, I landed in Mexico City to help promote baseball here and work a telethon and visit a Children's Hospital tomorrow 2/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
At 12:30, we also picked up @TC_00 from the airport and we were on our way to our hotel. We were with 2 Marketing people from 3/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
here with @MLB_Mexico. Around 1:00ish I think, we were stuck in traffic on a bridge getting to our hotel. Something started to feel weird 4/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
The bridge started swaying back and forth and the buildings next to the highway were shaking and people began streaming out of buildings 5/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
To our left, we saw a building collapse and a huge cloud of smoke. Some panic had set in from us, our driver and the MLB people. 6/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
We kept on heading to the hotel area because we had no better choice at the time. On our way in you could see the panic and confusion 7/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
Traffic was a complete mess, understandably. Buildings were collapsing, cracking, around us, so we decided to walk to get to the hotel 8/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
We made it to our hotel through what is essentially the most crowded part of Mexico City, with hundreds of thousands of people standing 9/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
around. No one was allowed in any buildings due to structural issues, etc... Through all of this, the Marketing staff of @MLB_Mexico 10/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
stayed calm and guided @TC_00 and I to safety and stuck with us until they knew we were safe. In a time of mass confusion, panic, etc.. 11/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
they put our needs first. Truly amazing the help we received. I can't thank them enough. 12/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
Please tell @MLB_Mexico thanks from the @Royals and @Twins families. 13/
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
As for @TC_00 and I, we are good in our hotel and extremely grateful for the helpfulness, generosity and love we received today.
— Sluggerrr (@Sluggerrr) September 20, 2017
