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Bills' Hamlin says 'heart is with' team at game, he's home

Bills' Hamlin says 'heart is with' team at game, he's home
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
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Bills' Hamlin says 'heart is with' team at game, he's home
Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, said he will be cheering from home Sunday during Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins.“My heart is with my guys as they compete today!” Hamlin tweeted less than hour before kickoff.“Supporting from home as I focus on my recovery. Nothing I want more than to be out there with them!” Hamlin posted, along with a video of himself greeting fans during the Bills' last game against Miami, on Dec. 17.A person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule had told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamlin planned to attend the game in person. He later said those "plans may have changed.”The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Hamlin has kept his schedule and recovery private since being released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday.Hamlin visited teammates at the Bills' stadium on Saturday but has not been seen in public since being rushed off the field in Cincinnati in an ambulance on Jan. 2. He spent more than a week in the hospital, much of the time in critical condition.Charged up fans are eager to blunt the memory of Hamlin’s collapse, when the 24-year-old from the Pittsburgh exurb of McKees Rocks stood up after making a tackle against the Bengals, then fell backwards, landing motionless on the turf at Paycor Stadium.The Bills did not release any details about Hamlin's plans for the game.

Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, said he will be cheering from home Sunday during Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins.

“My heart is with my guys as they compete today!” Hamlin tweeted less than hour before kickoff.

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“Supporting from home as I focus on my recovery. Nothing I want more than to be out there with them!” Hamlin posted, along with a video of himself greeting fans during the Bills' last game against Miami, on Dec. 17.

A person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule had told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamlin planned to attend the game in person. He later said those "plans may have changed.”

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Hamlin has kept his schedule and recovery private since being released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday.

Hamlin visited teammates at the Bills' stadium on Saturday but has not been seen in public since being rushed off the field in Cincinnati in an ambulance on Jan. 2. He spent more than a week in the hospital, much of the time in critical condition.

Charged up fans are eager to blunt the memory of Hamlin’s collapse, when the 24-year-old from the Pittsburgh exurb of McKees Rocks stood up after making a tackle against the Bengals, then fell backwards, landing motionless on the turf at Paycor Stadium.

The Bills did not release any details about Hamlin's plans for the game.