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Call it a miracle, but Damar Hamlin is already talking about returning to the NFL for the upcoming season. During a Tuesday news conference, the Buffalo Bills safety said that doctors cleared him to take to the field again, and that’s exactly what he’s going to do.
Last January 2nd, during a game with the Bengals, he suffered what’s called commotio cordis, a blow to the chest at a precise moment during the heartbeat that causes cardiac arrest. Medics administered CPR to restart his heart. He was finally released from the hospital on January 11.
Commotio cordis is the leading cause of death in youth athletes across all sports, and Hamlin plans on doing what he can to raise awareness of it.
Jack & Carolyn talked about this on the Morning Breeze. Listen here: