The man who rushed a wounded David Ortiz to hospital after the Boston Red Sox legend was shot has described driving his Rolls Royce at 174mph and clipping other cars on the way. On Sunday night, business owner Eliezer Salvador was tasked with delivering the future Hall of Famer to hospital moments after the 10-time All-Star was shot during an assassination attempt at Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Calm and collected like the 43-year-old had been in so many moments over his 20-year career in the majors, Salvador helped Big Papi into the front passenger seat of his sports car and raced the former baseball star to a hospital. Eliezer Salvador has been lauded as 'one of our guardian angels' by David Ortiz and his family after the business owner rushed former Boston Red Sox star to a hospital David Ortiz and his family have expressed their gratitude to a quick thinking Eliezer Salvador, who came to the wounded former major leaguer's side after he was nearly killed at a lounge in the Dominican Republic Eliezer Salvador said he was driving his Rolls Royce at 174mph and clipping other cars on the way to the hospital Salvador recalled in a Thursday night interview with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsYmCuDbikI how he topped at least 174 miles per hour and bumped into a few cars along the way. 'I never went below 93 [miles]. Not even in the elevated road.,' Salvador said. 'And when we got on a good road I hit 174, 155 [miles] per hour.' He said he was the one who broke down in tears as he assured the baseball legend that everything would be alright. 'I was crying. The one who was crying was me,' Salvador said. 'I was the one who said, "Papi Papi, PaPi." And [David] said, "I'm here, I'm here." I said, "No, you're not going to die, we're going to get there, we're going to get there." But we stood firm. ' Eliezer Salvador safeguarded David Ortiz's jewelry after the Dominican baseball legend was shot Sunday Salvador was seated near Big Papi in the lounge's sidewalk seating area when Rolfy Ferreyra, who Dominican authorities have identified as the shooter, approached from behind and allegedly fired one shot at an unsuspecting Ortiz. Salvador, the owner of Presidente Sports, a betting parlor in Santo Domingo, immediately rushed to Ortiz's side as guests started running for cover. The adrenaline immediately took over as he took on the responsibility of lifting the 6-foot-3 Ortiz from the pavement and to his vehicle while the murder suspects were still in the area. Eliezer Salvador recalled that he and David Ortiz debated over which medical facility was best for the 10-time All-Star before Salvador raced the Red Sox legend to the Abel Gonzalez Clinic David Ortiz is recuperating from a gunshot wound at a Boston hospital 'The desire to help a person turns you into a giant one. The adrenaline, the desire to help draws strength from where there is none,' Salvador said. 'He truly also helped a lot because although I had adrenaline, I was not going to be able to lift him. Impossible. At the beginning he had a lot of strength.' Director of Police Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte told the media Wednesday afternoon that 400,000 Dominican Pesos - nearly $7,805 - had been offered for the slugger's head. Pictured: Ortiz (second from right) shortly before he was shot Police identify the suspects as, top row from left, Rolfy Ferreyra, who has been identified as the shooter, Joel Rodriguez Cruz, Oliver Moises Mirabal Acosta, and Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia. Bottom row from left, Polfirio Allende Dechamps Vazquez, Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase and Reynaldo Rodriguez Valenzuela. All the men with the exception of Rivas Clase have been detained Salvador remembered taking off down the busy Venezuela Avenue, a popular strip in the Dominican Republic's capital lined with bars and restaurants, before getting on a highway. As he clipped a couple of cars, Salvador recalled the conversation he had with Ortiz, assuring him that the bullet had entered through his back and exited through the abdomen. The pair even debated which medical facility could best treat the wounded Ortiz as cars cleared way for the speedy Salvador. Rolfy Ferreira Cruz reportedly said he didn't mean to shoot David Ortiz on Sunday in the Dominican Republic. He allegedly yelled from his cell: 'It wasn’t David, it wasn’t for David … Was confused' Eliezer Salvador shows off a rag with blood stains from David Ortiz's gunshot wound Eliezer Salvador shows off a diamond bracelet (pictured) belonging to David Ortiz that he kept in his possession and later turned over to Big Papi's family They finally agreed that it was best to take him to the Abel Gonzalez Clinic. Salvador's heroic actions were lauded by Ortiz's wife, Tiffany Ortiz. 'I want to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Eliezer Salvador, owner of Presidente Sports, for your quick thinking and swift action on Sunday night. Your heroism and selflessness were the first steps to ensuring David could get the urgent care he required. For that, we are eternally grateful,' Tiffany said in statement. 'Without you, our story could have had a tragic ending. You will forever be our guardian angels.' Ortiz is recuperating at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after he was flown there this week. According to Police Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, the alleged mastermind of the attack was offered 400,000 Dominican pesos, or about $7,800, to carry out the hit. David Ortiz is pictured above following his surgery in a hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic after he was shot on Sunday evening. He is now in a Boston hospitalAll rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility