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The US side of Niagara Falls was lit up in blue on Tuesday night in support for Damar Hamlin and the Buffalo Bills.
The falls, which sit on the US-Canada border, were illuminated from 9:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. ET, according to a post on Twitter.
It’s just one of several sites nationwide that adopted the Bills colors after Hamlin’s collapse Monday night.
The Bills’ home city of Buffalo in upstate New York, located just 20 miles south of Niagara Falls, lit its city hall blue on Tuesday.
And in Cincinnati — where Hamlin collapsed mid-game against the Bengals — several buildings were lit up blue, including banks and the football stadium.
Damar Hamlin’s friend and marketing representative Jordon Rooney described the 24-year-old player as “someone who always looks out for others.”
After Hamlin’s collapse Monday night, a GoFundMe toy drive he organized saw a surge in donations, with more than $5.6 million now pledged by more than 191,000 donors.
Rooney said Hamlin started the Chasing M’s Foundation in college before his NFL contract. He had sponsored a toy drive, a back-to-school program, summer program and summer camp.
“His foundation, Chasing M’s foundation, really helps to support young people chasing their dreams in Pittsburgh,” Rooney said.
Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins expressed gratitude for the NFL’s decision to postpone Monday night’s game following teammate Damar Hamlin’s injury.
Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field mid-game in Cincinnati. The game was suspended with nearly 6 minutes left in the first quarter and later was officially postponed – an unusual move for a league that often resumes play even after severe injuries.
Dawkins told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday that he’s “truly blessed” players weren’t forced to keep playing.
While wearing a hat emblazoned with the name of Hamlin’s clothing company and charitable toy drive, “Chasing M’s,” Dawkins described his teammate as a fighter.
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Damar Hamlin’s uncle Dorrian Glenn said his nephew is “flipped over on his stomach” in the hospital to help with the blood on his lungs.
Doctors said that Hamlin is on his stomach to help take the pressure off the lungs, so they don’t have to work as hard, Glenn told CNN on Tuesday.
The next step is to get Hamlin, who is still sedated on a ventilator, to breathe on his own, he added.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin still was sedated Tuesday night after he suffered a cardiac arrest Monday during an NFL game, his uncle Dorrian Glenn told CNN outside of the University of Cincinnati hospital.
Hamlin’s heartbeat was restored on the field as staff tended to him, the Bills have said, before he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Hamlin was resuscitated only once, a family spokesman clarified Wednesday, not twice, as his uncle told CNN on Tuesday.
Hamlin still is in critical condition after the 24-year-old collapsed on the field during Monday night’s game in Cincinnati, his team said Tuesday, a stunning moment that left players weeping, praying and embracing as their teammate was taken away by ambulance. Hamlin spent the night in the intensive care unit at the medical center, where he remained Tuesday, the team said.
“They sedated him just to give a better chance for him to just continue to heal better. We are just taking it day by day. It seems like he’s trending upwards in a positive way,” Glenn said asking people to continue to send prayers for Hamlin.
Glenn said that Hamlin did sustain some damage to his lungs and he’s on a ventilator to help with his breathing and to take some of the strain off of his lungs.
Glenn said both of Hamlin’s parents are by his side and were at the game when he collapsed.
Editor’s Note: This story had been updated to reflect the number of times Hamlin was resuscitated based on information from a family spokesperson and his uncle. Read the latest update here.
Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins said the team has faced a lot of sadness since teammate Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest Monday and collapsed mid-game on the field.
However, there are “happy spirits” and “happy prayers” for Hamlin, he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday.
He described the moment he realized the severity of his teammate’s injury Monday night.
Buffalo Bills players and staff are still processing what they witnessed Monday night when safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field mid-game against the Cincinnati Bengals, according to a source within the team.
The Bills didn’t land in Buffalo until 3:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday after they watched their teammate need to have his heartbeat restored on the field.
“Everyone is exhausted,” the source told CNN.
it comes on top of a series of difficult situations faced by the team, including having to deal with the mass shooting which killed 10 people and wounded three at a Buffalo grocery store in May, the deaths of at least 39 people in Erie County, New York, due to the Buffalo blizzard, having their November home game moved to Detroit and getting stuck in Chicago during Christmas time, the source said.
As for Hamlin, the Bills are in a “wait-and-see mode,” including the team’s medical staff, the source said.
The Bills have not discussed any specific ways to help the family through this time as they are hoping there will be recovery, the source said.
The team is still determining how it will handle its typical, weekly media availability.
As of now, it is a day-to-day determination. “We will see what the appetite might be for anyone to speak,” the source added.
All 32 NFL teams have changed their Twitter profile pictures to support Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin who suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field during Monday night’s game in Cincinnati.
The profile picture reads “Pray for Damar” along with the number 3, which is the number displayed on Hamlin’s jersey.
Tennessee Titans Rashad Weaver talked about his friend Damar Hamlin on Tuesday, noting that they have been close for years.
Both Hamlin and Weaver signed with the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and left the school for the draft in 2021.
“That’s a guy I talk to, whether it be on social media, text, Snapchat, Twitter, anything, at least probably once a week, constantly just telling each other how we see each other doing our thing each week, playing,” Weaver said.
He said he was watching the Monday night game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals but initially missed the incident in which Hamlan collapsed.
But after seeing the replay, he was holding his breath, “like everybody else” and trying to figure out what happened, Weaver said.
University of Pittsburgh head football coach Pat Narduzzi released a statement following Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s injury on Monday. Hamlin played his college ball at Pitt.
“Damar, we love you. We are praying for you. Pittsburgh’s always had your back. And now it’s obvious the entire country has your back, too.”
On Monday night, Pitt’s football team tweeted that Hamlin “is the best of us.”
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 24, remains in critical condition Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest mid-game on Monday night, his team said.
Hamlin collapsed during the game, and his heartbeat was restored on the field, the Bills said. He was taken to a Cincinnati hospital.
The NFL said the game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals will not resume this week and that no decision has been made about playing it at a later date.
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An update posted on Damar Hamlin’s 2020 GoFundMe campaign said they are thankful for the “renewed support” for the fundraiser following his injury during Monday’s game.
As of 2:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the GoFundMe had more than $4.4 million worth of donations.
The fundraiser was initially established in 2020 to support fundraising for Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation, the post said.
“However, it has received renewed support in light of Damar’s current battle and we can’t thank all of you enough. Your generosity and compassion mean the world to us,” the update said.
Leigh C. Lehman, director of communications for GoFundMe, told CNN in an email, “I can confirm the update was posted on behalf of the family and we are in touch with their representatives.”
The foundation supports toy drives, back-to-school drives, kids camps and more.
In a memo sent to all NFL teams on Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell shared a brief update on Damar Hamlin’s health status and outlined the decisions made since the injury occurred on Monday night.
The memo, obtained by CNN, says Hamlin remains in the ICU, with Goodell noting the league is in “regular contact” with the medical team providing care for the Bills safety.
Read the full memo:
On Tuesday, the Buffalo Bills updated their Twitter profile to include an image of Damar Hamlin’s number 3 jersey.
The team noted the change with a tweet that read: “#NewProfilePic.”
The Bills’ profile picture also currently reads: “Pray For Damar.”
See the tweet:
It’s been over 18 months since Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch at Euro 2020 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.
The players on the pitch, those inside the stadium and fans around the world held their breath as Eriksen’s teammates linked arms to hide his fight for survival.
They were scenes that bore similarities with Monday night when Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field.
Like Eriksen, Hamlin also suffered a cardiac arrest. According to the Bills, his heartbeat was restored on the field and the 24-year-old remains in a “critical condition” at a Cincinnati hospital.
Buffalo Bills team trainers got to Hamlin within 10 seconds of his collapse, similar to the team doctors who had saved Eriksen’s life.
Read more here.
The Buffalo Bills will not conduct any media availability on Tuesday at the team’s headquarters in Orchard Park, New York, the Bills’ communications team said.
The NFL Communications Department tweeted Tuesday that it will not resume the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night due to cardiac arrest.
“The NFL has made no decision regarding the possible resumption of the game at a later date,” it added.
Here’s the full statement:
Damar Hamlin remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit in critical condition, the Buffalo Bills tweeted Tuesday.
The 24-year-old safety was hospitalized after he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed mid-game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night.
Cincinnati Bengals President Mike Brown said “the human side of our sport became paramount” following Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during the Monday night game between the two teams.
“First and foremost, the Bengals continue to send thoughts and prayers to Damar Hamlin and his family,” he said in a statement released by the team on Tuesday.
“Our hearts are with everyone in this unprecedented time — what we can do is support one another,” Brown said.
The game was postponed by the NFL.
“Last night was supposed to be a great night for the NFL and a great showcase for our hometown. Instead, the human side of our sport became paramount … and in that moment, humanity and love rose to the forefront,” he continued.
