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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and able to talk after having his breathing tube removed, the team said Friday—the latest step in his remarkable recovery in the four days since going into cardiac arrest and being resuscitated on the field during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Per the physicians at UCMC, Damar’s breathing tube was removed overnight,” said the team in an update. “He continues to progress remarkably in his recovery. His neurologic function remains intact and he has been able to talk to his family and care team.”
The Bills added on Twitter that Hamlin even joined the Friday morning team meeting by FaceTime, and told them “love you boys.”Audio Released
Newly revealed audio showed that medical personnel could be heard frantically calling for people to help after Hamlin collapsed during Monday night’s game.
Hamlin, 24, collapsed on the field moments after he tackled Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins on “Monday Night Football” in Cincinnati. Doctors immediately rushed to give him medical attention, which included CPR and a defibrillator, before he was taken way in an ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
“I don’t like how he went down,” one person said on a radio channel recording, according to audio published by The New York Times and TMZ on Thursday. “We’re going to need everybody,” another person said.
