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Damar Hamlin’s college teammate recovers fumble right where Bills safety’s number is painted on field
Sports activities generally have a weird, but stunning manner of honoring and remembering, and that is what’s occurred after Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest.
The day after the Buffalo Payments security collapsed on the sector throughout a recreation, the Buffalo Sabres’ Tage Thompson scored an extra time winner, his third aim of the night time precisely three minutes into the extra time interval.
It was additionally his third hat trick of the season, and the sport was performed Jan. 3.
The No. 3. is painted and outlined in purple on the sector in assist of Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin throughout a recreation between the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars Jan. 7, 2023, at TIAA Financial institution Discipline in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Hamlin wears No. 3, and all the Sabres staff wore shirts together with his quantity earlier than a recreation in Hamlin’s honor.
The coincidences did not finish there. The newest one concerned Hamlin’s faculty teammate from the College of Pittsburgh.
Roughly an hour after the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans got here collectively for a bunch prayer earlier than their do-or-die AFC South title recreation, Hamlin’s Pitt teammate, the Titans’ Rashad Weaver, recovered a Jacksonville fumble. But it surely was no unusual scoop.
The No. 3 on every 30-yard line on fields throughout the NFL is printed in purple to honor Hamlin. And that is exactly the place Weaver recovered the ball.
Weaver and Hamlin performed 5 years collectively for the Panthers.
The Titans took benefit of the turnover, too. Joshua Dobbs discovered Chigoziem Okonkwo for a 21-yard landing to provide Tennessee a 10-0 lead.
Hamlin has improved considerably in current days since going into cardiac arrest on the sector throughout Monday night time’s recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals. He underwent CPR on the sector for 9 minutes, and medical employees used a defibrillator to revive him.
Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars gamers meet on the sector to say a prayer for injured Buffalo Payments participant Damar Hamlin earlier than a recreation Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla.
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DAMAR HAMLIN MAKES FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE CARDIAC ARREST: ‘THE LOVE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING’
Hamlin made his first public feedback Saturday in an Instagram put up.
“Whenever you put actual love out into the world it comes again to you 3x’s as a lot…” he mentioned. “The Love has been overwhelming, however I’m grateful for each single individual that prayed for me and reached out. We brung the world again collectively behind this. If me this solely gone make me stronger. On a protracted highway hold praying for me!”
Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Payments stands close to the sidelines throughout introductions previous to a recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati.
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When Hamlin first wakened earlier this week, he requested medical doctors, through writing, who gained Monday’s recreation, and he realized it had been postponed earlier than it was later canceled. He was additionally in a position to communicate together with his teammates Friday and informed them he cherished them.
Over $8 million has been donated to his charity’s toy drive that initially had a aim of $2,500.