Damar Hamlin

2023 - 1 - 8

Damar Hamlin is showing continued progress and expects to be ... (CNN)

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has shown continued progress with his recovery after his cardiac arrest and on-field collapse, and expects to be released ...

Doctors [announced](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/sport/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-thursday/index.html) Thursday that he had started to awaken and he appears neurologically intact, while still critically ill and on a ventilator. I tried watching tv and every time the tv goes to commercial, that’s the only thing that comes to my mind,” White said. The fans in Cincinnati, many with signs supporting Hamlin, cheered loudly. The immediate response of Kellington and other medical personnel was vital to “not just saving his life, but his neurological function,” Dr. “As a community, I feel like we needed this win. “To see everything transpire, from the hit, to him getting up, to him falling, to everything – it’s just something that I can’t … I feel like my brothers in that locker room, we needed some great energy and some great vibes. Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle during the first quarter of the Bills’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals last Monday night. [first question upon awakening](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/sport/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-thursday/index.html), according to Pritts, who said he scribbled the question on a clipboard. [sedated](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/football/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-wednesday/index.html) after being taken to the hospital. [expressed his desire](https://twitter.com/HamlinIsland/status/1612121283868909568) to be out on the field with his teammates. [Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/sport/buffalo-bills-new-england-patriots-damar-hamlin-spt-intl/index.html) has shown continued progress with his recovery after his cardiac arrest and on-field collapse, and expects to be released from the hospital in the coming days, a source told CNN.

Bills win for Damar Hamlin, eliminate Patriots from playoffs (WOGX)

With the game in hand, Bills players held up three fingers in honor of Hamlin's number with the crowd chanting “Hamlin! Hamlin!”

Instead, it represents a celebration of life in knowing Hamlin is on the road to recovery. The Bills entered the stadium with numerous players carrying flags, which read "Pray for Damar 3." This is a group of winners, and I will forever remember this team, this season." Several Bills players wore T-shirts with Hamlin’s likeness on the front and back. Fans filled the front of the sign with well-wishes some three hours before kickoff, offering messages such as "Stay Strong" and "Love." Many Patriots players wore black sweatshirts with the words "Love for Damar" printed on the front.

Bills honor Damar Hamlin then open with kickoff return TD (ESPN)

The Bills honored Damar Hamlin before Sunday's game and then began it with a 96-yard kickoff return touchdown by Nyheim Hines.

They said that despite wanting the Bills to win the game, what was most important was being there to honor Hamlin. There were other signs of Hamlin throughout the stadium. Signs throughout the stadium included messages to Hamlin and people sharing their love for the safety. [also tweeted](https://twitter.com/HamlinIsland/status/1612121283868909568) out a video of him being announced on the field prior to a game with the message, "GameDay.. The ambulance that sits in the stadium in case of emergencies had Hamlin jerseys in its windows. 3 was seen all over Highmark Stadium and in Orchard Park.

How Damar Hamlin inspired big plays from Tre'Davious White and ... (BuffaloBills.com)

Tre'Davious White & Dean Marlowe share stories on how recent communication with the Bills safety fueled today's win.

"We play the same position and for me to fill in and do the job and get the job done. Over the last few days Hamlin has used FaceTime with his teammates, both in their Friday morning meeting where he spoke to them for the first time and again on Sunday in the postgame locker room where his teammates gave him the game ball. "For it to be one of our brothers, and then for it to be in our room, in our DB room," said White. "For him to check on us, when he's the person that's going through what he's going through man, it just shows what type of person he is. Not only from their worry for his well-being, but to then carry the responsibility of playing and succeeding for him on Sunday. Everything that I can do for him to watch and just be proud that the guys on the back end are doing their job. "We preach next man up mentality and I've been able to be with Damar for the last, I'll probably say 11 weeks, and just watching him grow each day," said Marlowe. "Just for something like that to happen, and for it to happen like that. For him to check on us in a situation like that when he's the one that's going through it just shows what type of person he is." "Damar is one of the most resilient, honest and just pure people that I've met," said White. So anytime you have a bond with guys like that, and to see something like that happen and for me I know I saw everything transpire from the hit to him getting up, to him falling to everything is just something that I can't unsee." "I was just telling somebody the other day our DB room is sort of like my college DB room was.

Damar Hamlin reacts to Bills scoring on opening kickoff (Black Hills Pioneer)

The play was the first for Buffalo since Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin tweeted a photo of ...

Damar Hamlin tweets reaction to Bills' opening touchdown vs. Patriots (NBC Sports Boston)

Bills safety Damar Hamlin was loving his team's start to Sunday's game against the Patriots, which began with a kickoff return touchdown from Nyheim Hines.

3 hats, shirts and jerseys and had a special moment dedicated to Hamlin before the game commenced. He suffered a cardiac arrest and has shown Players, coaches and fans wore No.