reported Colombian English-language site The City Paper<\/a>.<\/p>\nHe was stabbed 14 times in the thighs, three times in the arm and eight times in the abdomen.<\/p>\n
An online fundraiser set up by family and friends claimed the kidnappers demanded cash from the Sydney dad before stabbing him 25 times, torturing him and kicking him out of the moving car. <\/p>\n
\u201c[They] left him in the street to die like he was nothing,\u201d the fundraiser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy a miracle, the police found him just in time. He was rushed directly to a hospital in Medell\u00edn, where he remains, fighting for his life and beginning the long, painful process of recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis body is covered in horrific injuries from the attack.<\/p>\n
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The fundraiser has raised more than $15,000 in less than a day for the Sydney dad.\u00a0GoFundMe<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is all alone in a foreign country, thousands of miles from his family, facing this unimaginable trauma by himself,\u201d the fundraiser said. <\/p>\n
Ramirez, who is from Sydney, has been described as a devoted father as well as a loving husband and cherished friend. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrank is the kind of person who would give you the shirt off his back, a man who worked hard to build a beautiful life for his family,\u201d the fundraiser said. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrank did not deserve this. He went to Colombia with nothing but positive energy to enjoy an event he loved. He has been robbed not just of his money, but of his safety, his health, and his peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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