Bills’ Damar Hamlin Collapses on Field During Game Against Bengals
Written by SOURCE on January 3, 2023
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was taken off in an ambulance during tonight’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals after collapsing on the field. He’s now hospitalized and in critical condition.
About midway through the first quarter, Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins was tackled by Hamlin, with the latter getting up and then falling to the ground. The ESPN broadcast said CPR was administered for several minutes.
Joe Danneman of Fox 19 Now tweeted there was an “extreme amount of urgency” and that the ambulance carrying Hamlin was taken to the hospital by a police escort. The 24-year-old reportedly had a pulse but was “not breathing on his own.”
Tricia Macke, also of Fox 19 Now, posted just before 10 p.m. that Hamlin “has been intubated and is currently listed in critical condition.”
Both teams returned to their locker rooms after the ambulance departed. Danneman wrote there was a subsequent conversation between Bills head coach Sean McDermott, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, and game officials. According to Bengals beat reporter Kelsey Conway, Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow and several teammates also went into the Bills locker room.
The game has been postponed. The NFL issued a statement confirming Hamlin is in critical condition after getting attention on the field from “team and independent medical staff and local paramedics.”
“Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available. The NFL has been in constant communication with the NFL Players Association which is in agreement with postponing the game,” the statement concludes.
The Bills’ Twitter account and many NFL personalities and fans are now expressing their wishes for Hamlin’s healthy recovery.
