Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin is in a crucial situation in hospital after collapsing on the sphere and needing CPR and remedy from a defibrillator throughout his workforce’s sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Hamlin tackled Bengals receiver Tee Higgins within the first quarter and received up briefly earlier than falling backwards to the bottom and laying immobile. An ambulance drove onto the sphere after 4 minutes to deal with the 24-year-old.
He was then rushed to the College of Cincinnati Medical Middle and Hamlin’s pal and advertising and marketing rep Jordon Rooney mentioned on Twitter: ‘His vitals are again to regular and so they have put him to sleep to place a respiratory tube down his throat. They’re at the moment working exams. ‘We’ll present updates as we’ve got them.’
Hamlin was surrounded by gamers from each side and handled for 16 minutes earlier than being immobilized and brought off the sphere. Gamers on each groups have been visibly surprised by what had occurred and lots of have been in tears on the sphere. The sport was postponed by the NFL.
Teammate Stefon Diggs later joined Hamlin on the hospital. About 100 Payments followers and some Bengals followers gathered on a nook one block from the emergency room entrance with a few of them holding candles.
Damar Hamlin (No 3) received on his ft briefly after making the sort out on Tee Higgins earlier than falling backwards in stunning scenes because the Buffalo Payments performed Cincinnati Bengals
Hamlin collapsed moments later, falling backwards and laying immobile on the ground
Gamers from each groups stood across the ambulance whereas Hamlin was handled on the sphere
Cam Lewis and Siran Neal of the Buffalo Payments react to teammate Hamlin collapsing
Whereas medical personnel have been gathered round Hamlin, his taking part in uniform was reduce off.
Hamlin’s agent Ira Turner advised NFL Community: ‘Please proceed to hope for Damar and his household. We at the moment don’t have any replace right now. Will ask that you just hold the household in your prayers.’
An announcement launched by the league learn: ‘Hamlin acquired speedy medical consideration on the sphere by workforce and impartial medical employees and native paramedics. He was then transported to an area hospital the place he’s in crucial situation.
‘Our ideas are with Damar and the Buffalo Payments. We’ll present extra info because it turns into out there. The NFL has been in fixed communication with the NFL Gamers Affiliation which is in settlement with suspending the sport.’
Payments gamers have been visibly praying for his or her teammate after he was pushed away. Based on ESPN, Hamlin’s household have been watching the sport and got here right down to be with him as he left within the ambulance.
In the course of the prolonged ordeal, the ESPN Monday Evening Soccer broadcast reduce to business on 4 events as Hamlin was receiving remedy.
Hamlin was given oxygen within the ambulance, and the sport was initially suspended briefly as each groups headed again to their respective locker rooms.
Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen reacts to the damage of security Damar Hamlin
Payments gamers watch on as Hamlin is taken into an ambulance and rushed to hospital
Each side appeared distressed by the scenario, with the feelings of Hamlin’s teammates Stefon Diggs and Josh Allen amongst these proven on digital camera.
Feelings additionally ran excessive for ESPN’s broadcast crew, as analyst Booger McFarland supplied an essential little bit of perspective.
‘Whenever you convey CPR out, you are attempting to assist somebody breathe. We’re speaking life or demise now,’ he mentioned.
‘That is actual. What we do is only a sport. Whenever you contain life and demise, it’s very completely different.’
‘Nobody´s been by means of this,’ longtime NFL quarterback Troy Aikman added. ‘I’ve by no means seen something prefer it, both.’
ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter weighed in as nicely, saying: ‘It’s all about this younger man and the way he is doing.
‘Everyone is considering and praying for him, each workforce, each participant, each particular person, everyone who’s watching Monday evening soccer, everyone who tuned in to see this extremely anticipated sport, no one cares about that proper now.’
Footage emerged later of Hamlin’s ambulance arriving on the College of Cincinnati Medical Middle.
Isaiah McKenzie grabs his jersey as he reacts to Hamlin’s damage
Payments quarterback Josh Allen is surrounded by his teammates after his teammate was injured
Payments cornerback Siran Neal (33) and working again Nyheim Hines (20) embrace each other
Payments teammates prayed for Hamlin after the damage occurred
The Payments’ Ed Oliver reacts after teammate Hamlin is damage within the first quarter of the sport
Hamlin briefly was on his ft after making the sort out however collapsed moments later
The 24-year-old Hamlin spent 5 years of school at Pitt — his hometown — and appeared in 48 video games for the Panthers over that span.
He was a second-team All-ACC performer as a senior, was voted a workforce captain and was picked to play within the Senior Bowl.
He was drafted within the sixth spherical by the Payments in 2021, performed in 14 video games as a rookie after which turned a starter this yr as soon as Micah Hyde was misplaced for the season to damage.
Coming into the sport, the 6-foot, 200-pound Hamlin had 91 tackles, together with 63 solo tackles, and 1 1/2 sacks.
Hamlin began a toy drive again in December 2020 to buy toys for kids forward of the vacations.
An hour after Hamlin was damage, it had acquired donations totaling over $1million.
‘Im praying for you and your loved ones! Praying exhausting for a miracle! It’s important to come again and do larger issues! You aren’t achieved but!!’ wrote one fan, who donated $150.
One other mentioned: ‘Sending love and prayers from a Seahawks fan. We’re all part of Payments nation tonight.’