Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapses on field after making attack
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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after making an attack Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals.
CONTINUED COVERAGE Sports world shows support for Buffalo Bills safety after scary injury Hamlin, a McKees Rocks native and Pittsburgh Central Catholic alum who played council football at the University of Pittsburgh, was injured during the first quarter of Monday's game. Hamlin dived Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, stood up and fell to the ground.
A stretcher and ambulance were brought out onto the field, journalists at the game said on Twitter. Hamlin was given CPR on the field, the Monday Night Football broadcast reported. He was ultimately placed on a stretcher and given oxygen as he was taken off in an ambulance to an original sanitarium.
Hamlin is in critical condition at an original sanitarium.
Players were seen crying as Hamlin was on the field for further than 15 twinkles. After being temporarily suspended, the game was officially suspended for the night.
" Our studies are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills," the NFL said." We'll give further information as it becomes available.
" Jordon Rooney, Hamlin's marketing representative, handed an update on his health status.
" His vitals are back to normal and they've put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat," he said on Twitter.
" They're presently running tests." Former Steeler Ryan Shazier said on Twitter that he's soliciting for Hamlin. Shazier retired in 2020 after suffering a spinal cord injury against the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 4, 2017. He passed spinal stabilization surgery two days latterly and has since learned to walk again.
On Twitter, the Steelers and Pitt football and Central Catholic football said they're soliciting for Hamlin and his family. Hamlin was the Class AAAA Defensive Player of the time when he played at Central Catholic. He was named No. 212 by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
