NFL: Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin says he's 'fit to play' three months after on-field cardiac arrest
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Not to sound clich, but the wild moment is just every day, being able to wake up, take deep breaths and live a peaceful life, to have a family, to have people around me that care about me. And for those people to still have me in their lives, Hamlin added.
They almost lost me. I died on national TV in front of the whole world. So, I see it from all perspectives. So, for them to still have me around and for me to still have them, it still goes both ways, he further said.
Hamlin informed during the press conference that he suffered from commotio cordis which was the cause of this cardiac arrest. The commotio cordis, according to the American Heart Association, starts with a blow to the chest at a precise spot at just a not so accurate time in the heartbeat.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane also said that all the three specialists who evaluated Hamlin have cleared cleared to start the football activities.
"Theyre all in agreement its not two to one or three to one or anything like that theyre all in lockstep of what this was and that he is cleared to resume full activities just like anyone else that was coming back from an injury," said Beane at the press conference. Listen in here:
Per GM Brandon Beane, Damar Hamlin has been cleared to resume full football activities.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 9:28 am