TW- Holy shit - NFL game (Damar Hamlin)

[babsbunny]

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Scary hit. Ambulance on field. Waiting to learn more. CPR for 9 minutes. 

[Bernadine]

My husband texted me from downstairs, I just turned it on. How awful.

[jackie011]

We’re watching it, and just speechless.
ETA: I keep thinking of his own family and friends and how horrifying this must be for them.

[VillainV]

It is Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin (safety). They performed CPR for nine or ten minutes, and he was eventually removed from the field in an ambulance with oxygen.

They’re going to try to continue playing the game, but I can’t imagine any of those players or spectators wanting to continue.

ETA: the game has now been “temporarily suspended” and both teams are going back in the locker rooms.

[arehopsveggies]

We aren’t home so my husband was watching on his phone… now the whole family is huddled around his phone in shock

[1confused1]

So awful. Sending him good thoughts.

[mofongo]

He got hit hard in the chest, then stood up and passed up. I wonder if the hit caused a bad arrhythmia, hopefully he wasn’t down for too long and will be ok. Terrifying.

[ksun]

Terrifying. I'm glad they're leaving the field.

[skidunks]

I’m so glad they are letting the teams leave the field, away from the cameras. My family is watching this just speechless. My heart just hurts for those men.

[lindyanne]

Jan 2, 2023 21:17:42 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He got hit hard in the chest, then stood up and passed up. I wonder if the hit caused a bad arrhythmia, hopefully he wasn’t down for too long and will be ok. Terrifying.

I was thinking the same thing with how he went down.

[kdubs923]

We’re watching. Initially I didn’t think it seemed like a crazy hit. How terrible. I can’t imagine his family or friends possibly watching all of this transpire on tv.

I’m not much for praying, but sending best wishes to Hamlin.

[mofongo]

Twitter says the ambulance is waiting for his mom to ride with him, so that sounds promising.

[chilerellanos]

We watched it and are just shocked and sick. So awful.

[heygrey]

We’re watching. Buffalo is my home team.

[mcppalmbeach]

My 11yo is football obsessed and we are imploring him to watch. He wants more than life itself to play tackle and I’ve said absolutely not. He’s a dang good flag player, but this game is so very dangerous

[mcppalmbeach]

Jan 2, 2023 21:23:30 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Twitter says the ambulance is waiting for his mom to ride with him, so that sounds promising.

I hope so. I can’t imagine being the family watching that. I hope he makes a full recovery.

[babsbunny]

Twitter (unverified) said he had a pulse but could not breathe on his own.

mofongo, I hope your intel is right and good news.

[VillainV]

Jan 2, 2023 21:30:47 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

My 11yo is football obsessed and we are imploring him to watch. He wants more than life itself to play tackle and I’ve said absolutely not. He’s a dang good flag player, but this game is so very dangerous :(

FWIW, my sister is an emergency physician who is double-boarded in sports medicine, and she treats a lot of athletes and especially concussion patients. She does not allow her two kids (8 and 11) to play contact sports at all. She would 100% agree with your position.

[styme46]

We were gone so the ambulance was already on the filed when I turned it on.

The look on Josh Allen's face when he was on the bench after the ambulance left broke me.

I can't imagine being that man's family watching this on tv.

So many prayers. 😢

[gummybear]

I’m shaking and sick. I just saw that the ambulance is still there and they are waiting for his mom.

I’m praying so hard for him. The reaction of everyone there was gut wrenching

[erbear]

Flashback to Christian Erickson collapsing on the field. This is so scary. I hope he’s ok.

[babsbunny]

Announcers confirmed his family in the stands went down to be with him. (Still vague information overall.)

[gummybear]

Football is such a scary sport. I am forever haunted by the Ryan Shazier hit…the limp legs….Tua this year and even Nick Foles yesterday who looked like he was convulsing. It’s too much.

[babsbunny]

MNF NYC announcers now saying they should stop the game. (I think the entire world agrees.)

[msmerymac]

Jan 2, 2023 21:27:16 GMT -5 heygrey said:

We’re watching. Buffalo is my home team.

Same. It sounds like Roger Goodell is going to have conversations with both coaches and then word will come from NY about the game. I can’t see them continuing to play tonight, but it’s also unfair to make Buffalo forfeit since the number 1 seed in the AFC east is on the line with this game - that would just be punishing the Bills for having a player with a life or death medical emergency.

I also can’t believe they wanted the game to resume after 5 minutes when they got Hamlin off the field. 😳

[msmerymac]

Jan 2, 2023 21:34:19 GMT -5 styme46 said:

We were gone so the ambulance was already on the filed when I turned it on.

The look on Josh Allen's face when he was on the bench after the ambulance left broke me.

I can't imagine being that man's family watching this on tv.

So many prayers. 😢

Joe Burrow went over to comfort Allen. 😢 Diggs had tears running down his face.

[maudefindlay]

Jan 2, 2023 21:43:08 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

MNF NYC announcers now saying they should stop the game. (I think the entire world agrees.)

I mean no one is clearing him or giving him a positive health report tonight, so stopping the game seems the only decent thing to do.

[babsbunny]

Coaches shook hands, multiple players undressed, and Bills staff packing up some stuff. No official word yet but coaches know (they were on camera on cell phones). Game unlikely to go on.

ETA: Game suspended officially now. No decision yet on when or if to reschedule. I hope Disney puts on something soothing. 

[heygrey]

Reading that he’s intubated and listed as critical.

So he’s alive? Or that’s just code to put the media off until they can rally all of his family.

[mofongo]

Jan 2, 2023 22:01:32 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Reading that he’s intubated and listed as critical.

So he’s alive? Or that’s just code to put the media off until they can rally all of his family.

I think he’s currently alive.