DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

On 8 April 2025, President Luis Abinader declared three days of mourning (8, 9 and 10 April 2025 by Decree 194-25) for the victims of the JetSet Club tragedy. He personally had learned of the tragedy when the governor of Montecristi, Nelsy Cruz, who was at the club that night, called him around 5 minutes after the collapse. She would be among the first to be declared dead. She was the sister of Nelson Cruz, the retired baseball player who is the coordinator of the Dominican baseball team to the World Baseball Classic.

Retired baseball players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco are among the victims. The Mets Citifield in New York mourned Dotel with a pre-game ceremony on 8 April. Reportedly, Dotel was rescued alive but died on the way to the hospital.

The death toll is yet to be known after the concrete roof collapsed on top of a full house of patrons that had bought tickets to...