Current:Home > MyDamar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital-LoTradeCoin
Damar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital
View Date:2025-01-11 08:37:07
Damar Hamlin is continuing to express his gratitude for the love and support people across the country have shown him amid his recovery from cardiac arrest.
On Sunday, the Buffalo Bills safety announced his plans to raise money benefiting both first responders and the University of Cincinnati's Trauma Center, where he had been receiving treatment.
"We all won," Hamlin said in a tweet after the Bills beat the New England Patriots 35-23 on Sunday, clinching the No. 2 seed in the AFC.
"I want to give back an ounce of the love y'all showed me. Proceeds [from] this shirt will go to first responders and the UC Trauma Center. Go get yours!"
In the tweet, Hamlin includes a link to the website where fans have the option to choose between three different T-shirts, all featuring Hamlin's hands forming a heart and the phrase "Did We Win?" — the question Hamlin asked medical professionals when he woke up from a medically induced coma last week.
Before Sunday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots, Hamlin tweeted a photo from his hospital bed and cheered on his teammates from afar.
On Saturday, Hamlin posted his first public statement since his collapse on social media, thanking supporters for their words and gestures of encouragement.
"Putting love into the world comes back 3xs as much... thankful for everyone who has reached out and prayed," he said in a Tweet. "This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me!"
Hamlin's heart stopped beating after what seemed like a routine tackle during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2. First responders resuscitated him by performing CPR and using a defibrillator. UCMC physicians praised the first responders' quick actions as life-saving.
During a news conference Monday, doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center announced that Hamlin was discharged from the hospital and returned home to Buffalo.
Hamlin is said to be "doing well" and in "the beginning of the next stage of his recovery," doctors said.
"We continue to be ecstatic about his recovery," Dr. William Knight, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, told reporters on Monday.
"We anticipate that he will undergo an ongoing series of tests and evaluations to determine the etiology of what caused the incident and to treat and pathology that may be found," he added.
The NFL said it will not reschedule the Bills-Bengals game, which was stopped in the first quarter after Hamlin collapsed. In a news release Thursday, the league said that the game cancellation will have "no effect" on which clubs will qualify for the postseason.
NPR's Joe Hernandez and Ashley Ahn contributed to this report.
veryGood! (986)
Related
- Congress heard more testimony about UFOs: Here are the biggest revelations
- Bills coach Sean McDermott apologizes for crediting 9/11 hijackers for their coordination while talking to team in 2019
- Woman tries to set fire to Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home, Atlanta police say
- With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and hospitals create mobile groceries
- Mississippi rising, Georgia falling in college football NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 after Week 11
- Sophie Turner Seals Peregrine Pearson Romance With a Kiss
- 3 fascinating details from ESPN report on Brittney Griner's time in Russian prison
- Watch livestream: Ethan Crumbley sentencing for 2021 Oxford school shooting
- How Leonardo DiCaprio Celebrated His 50th Birthday
- Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible ‘investigation,’ messages show
Ranking
- Georgia State University is planning a $107M remake of downtown Atlanta
- Ex Black Panther who maintained innocence in bombing that killed an officer died in Nebraska prison
- Air Force grounds entire Osprey fleet after deadly crash in Japan
- Robin Myers named interim president for Arkansas State University System
- Tua Tagovailoa playing with confidence as Miami Dolphins hope MNF win can spark run
- Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia
- Driver strikes 3 pedestrians at Christmas parade in Bakersfield, California, police say
- Vessel owner pleads guilty in plot to smuggle workers, drugs from Honduras to Louisiana
Recommendation
-
Francesca Farago Details Health Complications That Led to Emergency C-Section of Twins
-
Air Force grounds entire Osprey fleet after deadly crash in Japan
-
Virginia woman wins $777,777 from scratch-off but says 'I was calm'
-
UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region
-
Why Cynthia Erivo Needed Prosthetic Ears for Wicked
-
Every college football conference's biggest surprises and disappointments in 2023
-
Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China
-
Rot Girl Winter: Everything You Need for a Delightfully Slothful Season