Current:Home > MarketsDamar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital -Financial Clarity Guides
Damar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital
View
Date:2025-04-15 23:30:54
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! (6247)
Related
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Tour de Lust Influencer Christine Tran Ferguson Shares Her 15-Month-Old Son Asher Has Died
- As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste
- Sink Your Teeth Into These Juicy Secrets About The Vampire Diaries
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- Toast the End of Harry Styles' Tour With Facts That Taste Like Strawberries on a Summer Evenin'
- Dispute over threat of extinction posed by AI looms over surging industry
- Q&A: The Truth About Those Plastic Recycling Labels
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Matilda Date Night Is Sweet as Honey
Ranking
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- Kate Spade 24-Hour Flash Deal: Get This $300 Tote Bag for Just $83
- Coast Guard rescues 2 from capsized boat off Georgia coast
- Former Columbia University OB-GYN to be sentenced for sexual abuse conviction
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- You’ll Scream and Shout Over Britney Spears and will.i.am’s New Song Calling Out Paparazzi
- How John Krasinski's Elevator Ride Led to Emily Blunt’s Oppenheimer Casting
- Justin Timberlake Mourns Death of Music Director Daniel Jones at Age 41
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Birmingham Public Transit Inches Forward With Federal Help, and No State Funding
Why Barbie Makeup Artist Ivana Primorac Didn't Want Margot Robbie to Look Plastic
Kendall Jenner Is Not Well After Serving Up Drinks With Mom Kris Jenner in Hilariously Boozy Video
IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
Activist Group ‘Names and Shames’ Cargill and Its Heirs to Keep Deforestation Promises
America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack
US surpasses 400 mass shootings so far in 2023: National gun violence website