Damar Hamlin released from Buffalo hospital

TO RECOVERY. GREG THIS IS THE VILLAGE THAT RAISED DEMAR. EVERYONE KNEW HIM FROM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG. IT WASN’T VERY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HIM AND HIS LIFE. >> TELEVISION, PRAYER, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT HE IS IN OUR THOUGHTS. WE ARE ALL TAKING ABOUT HIM. >> THE COMMUNITY GATHERED AT THE STILL ROCKS HASKELL FOOTBALL FIELD TO PRAY FOR THE BUFFALO BILL SAFETY. >> HE IS A HOMETOWN HERO. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE HIS RECOVERY AND WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE TODAY. >> NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR HE HAS COME SINCE SUFFERING A CARDIAC ARREST ONE WEEK AGO BUT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO HELP WITH A SCARY SITUATION LIKE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. >> THE LESSON HERE IS THAT WE CAN ALL BE CPR AMBASSADORS SO WE ARE GOING TO TEACH YOU CPR TODAY SO YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE. COULD SEE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CINCINNATI TO BUFFALO TO CONTINUE FOR THE TREATMENT. HIS UNCLE SAYS THIS TREMENDOUS NEWS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF PRAYER. >> IT COULD HAVE ONE LEFT AND IT WENT RIGHT. YOU REALLY SEE THE POWER OF PRAYER AT WORK. WE CAN HELP US WAY MORE WHEN WE COME TOGETHER IN LOVE THEN WHEN WE DIVIDE OURSELVES WITH HATE. I REALLY THINK THAT IS THE LESSON LEARNED FROM THIS WEEK. >> DAMAR HAMLIN THANKED HIS HOSPITAL TEAM. HE SAYS THE SAME LOVE YOU HAVE ALL SUNDAY IS THE SAME LOVE

Just over a week after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been discharged from a Buffalo hospital. Video above: Prayer vigil, celebration held for Damar Hamlin"We have completed a series of tests and evaluations, and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that Damar can be safely discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills," Dr. Jamie Nadler, critical care physician at Buffalo's Kaleida Health. Hamlin, a McKees Rocks native and Pitt alum, was transferred from a Cincinnati hospital to Buffalo late last week as his condition continued to improve. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated after being struck in the chest by Bengals receiver Tee Higgins while making what appeared to be a routine tackle during the first quarter of Buffalo’s since-canceled game at Cincinnati on Jan. 2. The 24-year-old spent a week at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he experienced what doctors are calling “a remarkable recovery."

Just over a week after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been discharged from a Buffalo hospital.

Video above: Prayer vigil, celebration held for Damar Hamlin

"We have completed a series of tests and evaluations, and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that Damar can be safely discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills," Dr. Jamie Nadler, critical care physician at Buffalo's Kaleida Health.

Hamlin, a McKees Rocks native and Pitt alum, was transferred from a Cincinnati hospital to Buffalo late last week as his condition continued to improve.

Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated after being struck in the chest by Bengals receiver Tee Higgins while making what appeared to be a routine tackle during the first quarter of Buffalo’s since-canceled game at Cincinnati on Jan. 2. The 24-year-old spent a week at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he experienced what doctors are calling “a remarkable recovery."

Damar Hamlin released from Buffalo hospital

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