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Damar Hamlin visits White House, meets President Joe Biden

Former Pitt football star travels to Washington to push for bill for schools to have AEDs

Damar Hamlin visits White House, meets President Joe Biden

Former Pitt football star travels to Washington to push for bill for schools to have AEDs

Hamlin traveled to Washington DC today with some Children from Pittsburgh to fight for *** bill that makes sure all schools have access to ***, *** device that saved his life on the football field. Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin wants school officials to be able to have the same response as those on the NFL sidelines when it comes to emergencies like cardiac arrest. That's why the bees rocks native is in Washington DC, pushing for the access to *** act that will provide schools with automated external defibrillators. So today, I thank each of you for focusing on the idea that every kid should have the same access to *** life saving emergency response that I did. Should they need it? And ad saved Hamlin's life when doctors say he collapsed from cardiac arrest during *** Monday night game on national television. Thankfully, the medical team with the Buffalo Bills was prepared and they saved my life. Now he's in the nation's capital with the country's lawmakers trying to create change for Children. And so it's an honor to be here and to be able to present this with our bipartisan support because this is an American issue. For dear. We all remember the entire nation really the entire world. Hamlin speaks to families who lost their kids to cardiac arrest and with his own young relatives by his side, he's doing what he can to prevent the tragedy from happening to others. Today, we are so humbled and inspired by what I feel is an opportunity that God has given me to help and protect young people based on what I experience. Hamlin says, cardiac arrest happens to more than 7000 kids under the age of 18 every year in the United States. He says most of them are student athletes. Hamlin says for the schools that have *** the survival rate for those Children is seven times higher and right now, only 23 states have *** E D school requirements. But Hamlin and lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican are working to change that to provide more schools with the devices back to you.
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Damar Hamlin visits White House, meets President Joe Biden

Former Pitt football star travels to Washington to push for bill for schools to have AEDs

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety and former Pitt star, met with President Joe Biden during a surprise visit to the White House on Thursday.The president's Twitter account shared a picture of Biden and Hamlin sitting together, along with this caption: "Damar Hamlin's courage, resilience, and spirit inspired the American people. And what's more: he turned recovery into action – and our country is better for it. It was my honor to have him and his family here today."In a pool statement, the White House said Biden "commended Damar for his efforts – including through legislation – to bring people together and make life-saving technologies more widely available."Hamlin traveled to Washington this week with some children from Pittsburgh to fight for a bill that makes sure all schools have access to automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, a device that saved the life of the McKees Rocks native on the football field earlier this year.o

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety and former Pitt star, met with President Joe Biden during a surprise visit to the White House on Thursday.

The president's Twitter account shared a picture of Biden and Hamlin sitting together, along with this caption: "Damar Hamlin's courage, resilience, and spirit inspired the American people. And what's more: he turned recovery into action – and our country is better for it. It was my honor to have him and his family here today."

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In a pool statement, the White House said Biden "commended Damar for his efforts – including through legislation – to bring people together and make life-saving technologies more widely available."

Hamlin traveled to Washington this week with some children from Pittsburgh to fight for a bill that makes sure all schools have access to automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, a device that saved the life of the McKees Rocks native on the football field earlier this year.

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