Damar Hamlin: NFL and MLB legend Bo Jackson sends message to Bills safety
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NFL and MLB legend Bo Jackson tells hospitalized Damar Hamlin ‘sure, yeah, we won, young man’ after hearing the Bills player ask him if his team won three days after his cardiac arrest.
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NFL and baseball legend Bo Jackson sent Damar Hamlin a message, telling her ‘we won’ after hearing the Bills’ hospitalized safety ask if his team had won Monday night’s game.
The 24-year-old has shown signs of encouragement in his progress in recent days after going into cardiac arrest and being revived during the first quarter of a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The soccer world came together after the horrific moment, and Jackson, who played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987-1990, answered Hamlin’s question three days after his collapse.
Damar Hamlin asked if the Bills had beaten the Bengals after waking up from cardiac arrest
NFL and baseball legend Bo Jackson messaged hospitalized Bills security in response
‘Dear @HamlinIsland, The question you asked, “Did we win?” The answer is yes, we won,’ the 1990 Pro-Bowler wrote on his Twitter profile.
‘The moment you opened your eyes, the nation celebrated and cheered. So, to answer your question, heck yeah, we won, young man!
Doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Hamlin had made “substantial improvement” Thursday.
“He is starting to wake up and it appears that his condition and neurological function are intact,” Dr. Timothy Pritts of the UC School of Medicine said in a video news conference.
Hamlin had been sedated following his CPR on the field Monday, but began communicating with doctors in writing on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old defensive back even asked the doctors who won Monday’s game, which was called off Thursday.
Jackson played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987 to 1990 and also played professional baseball.
“Our response was: Damar, you won,” Pritts told reporters. You have won the game of life.
On Friday, Hamlin’s breathing tube was removed and Buffalo team coach Sean McDermott also revealed that the player spoke to the team, saying “I love you guys” via FaceTime call on Friday and flexed his knees. arm muscles for his surprised Bills teammates.
The NFL will root for Hamlin this weekend with all 32 teams able to offer a moment of support before the game, wear jerseys with Hamlin’s name and number, while the number threes on the fields may be painted in the colors of the Bills.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell penned a letter to football fans Saturday morning following Hamlin’s “inspiring progress.”