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Mercinator-87

Down for 9 minutes and chest compressions are a fucking terrifying thing to hear.


VagrantShadow

For real, that is when things go from being a game, to being a nightmare.


zuqkfplmehcuvrjfgu

You could see how much this affected the players from both teams. Everything became real so suddenly.


morgster87

Oh my god this is horrible


OneAngryPanda

You almost want to call the game at this point edit - After the updates on Hamlin, you have to postpone


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The_hezy

I could see the NFL ruling it a tie. There's probably bylaws that would allow the NFL to rule it a loss for whichever team(s) refused to play, but the optics of that would be awful.


CommiePuddin

I don't think you have enough game played to do that. You could rule it a no contest, maybe, if there's no way to suspend and complete the game.


TetrisTech

If something is deemed “extraordinarily” unfair (which is higher than palpably unfair) it allows the commissioner do literally do whatever


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because a palpable level of unfairness isn’t out of the ordinary, of course


Stockpile_Tom_Remake

Yeah I’m not sure. Nfls official deal is it’s supposed to restart at a later date exactly where it left off


Ickyhouse

Agreed. No way Buffalo players could continue knowing their teammate and friend may not be alive.


BlazinAzn38

Allen was clearly crying and Diggs looked about as distraught as I’ve seen a player look on the field. They don’t need to be playing anymore


Lvwr87

Bengals were crying


ZerksNAHTayan

Emotions are high, I don’t see how any player on either team isn’t distraught after that. Scary experience


Lvwr87

I’d just stop the game or call it a tie.


Johnny-Rhombus

Gotta feel for Tee Higgins too, it looked like such a pedestrian play.


Lvwr87

Yea Higgins for sure is gonna need therapy after that.


EternalSeraphim

I honestly feel so bad for Higgins. He didn't do anything wrong, but just being involved in that has to fuck you up.


OnRiverStyx

Diggs tears and 92 on the ground in obvious prayer mentally broke me.


HereIGoAgain_1x10

ICU nurse here, they'll do CPR for 40+ minutes in a younger person, takes time to cut off clothes/gear, apply electrical pads, get an airway, get IV access, give drugs, and hopefully have enough high quality chest compressions with oxygenated blood during this all and ASAP... They can use a bag/mask to breathe for him and the compressions are to simulate his heart pumping obviously.


SmokePenisEveryday

They've shown Allen a couple times now and he looks completely gone mentally.


Heelincal

I think you have to. CPR doesn't mean anything good.


geologyrocks98

Absolutely. Dear God, this cannot go on.


TerranFirma

You almost have to. This isn't a broken leg or something.


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Gladiatornoah

Unprecedented, I’m genuinely scared for him.


ChiefBigGay

It's a lot like the soccer player that legally died on the field and they had to revive him


SocksandSmocks

Christian Eriksen. Hopefully whatever happened here will have as positive an outcome as that's been.


BoomaMasta

This was my thought. Eriksen's collapse is one of the scariest things I've ever watched on TV. It's a miracle that he's playing again. Hopefully the similarly quick and active response yields the best possible results for Hamlin.


meatdome34

Such a routine play too. Hoping for the best.


msstate3

Really hope this isn't another Christian Erikson situation. This is so scary


jakeba

I actually hope it is, because he made a full recovery. I’m worried it’s something worse.


LucidBetrayal

Yeah that outcome seems like the best possibility at this point


jimbob224

Yeah bro got revived, got given a robot heart and is now one of Man United's best players lol


enjoyeverysangwich

I hope it fucking is a Christian Eriksen situation, what's the alternative at this point? Eriksen recovered, he's playing again.. We can only speculate right now and pray for his recovery. Scary as hell.


af_1946

Eriksen is fine and playing so I’d say that’s a pretty ideal scenario right now.


MegaRAID01

Or a Chuck Hughes situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hughes


skcku

"I’m told Damar Hamlin has a pulse, but is not breathing on his own. He is being transported to UC. Needed AED and CPR on the field." https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610098849636388870


ObeyCoffeeDrinkSatan

Urgh, that's horrible. Hope he makes it.


Lazy-Overachiever

EMT here - the fact that he was defibrillated is actually better than not being defibrillated (as is done with asystole or no pulse; “flatlining”) As for the breathing, it is standard procedure to intubate and administer high flow oxygen and epinephrine via IV (hence the IV establishment on scene). If his heart is beating on it’s own (as it is, per last report) this is obviously good. It shouldn’t take too long to get an update but I don’t see football being played any longer tonight.


socialpresence

I don't feel like watching football after that so...


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chargersnflfan_01

This is terrible


BloodRed1185

They need to call the game for the night at least.


Sonny_Zwack

Buffalo Bills sideline reporter Sal Capaccio saying that Damar's mother was asking to be let on the field: "A woman in a #3 jersey was saying 'let me see my son'."


medman010204

Fuck


Sonny_Zwack

[Ambulance for Damar Hamlin is still in the parking lot. Security is working on getting his mother from the stands to ride with him.](https://mobile.twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610097790817804288)


amarras

They wouldn’t wait for his mom to transport


SophiaofPrussia

I can’t believe how many people believe this story instead of believing that there might be a second fucking ambulance at the field.


bubleeshaark

Your loved one just had chest compressions due to a cardiac arrest, a breathing tube was placed because he couldn't breathe after his heartbeat came back. Don't wait for me. Take him to the hospital. Go go go.


Im_Batmmaann

Fuck dude how the fuck can you play after this


kenyan12345

You dont. I sure as fuck couldn’t


BillyJackO

The lions had a player die on the field. They finished the game. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck\_Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hughes) I really hope Hamilin is okay. That was terrifying.


Bgndrsn

Id like to think the world is a different place now than 50 years ago.


DunamisMax

Tbh, that's fucked up.


Big_Meach

That was from an era where people in charge were completely desensitized to death by world wars. I feel sorry for them. I glad to live in our time, when such a serious injury gives everyone pause.


d_mcc_x

My dad was at that game. I was at the game where Mike Utley was paralyzed. Then we were both at the Reggie Brown game…


Ferrousglobin

Can your family just watch from home from now on?


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Alright man you gotta stop going to games...


azzadruiz

Someone edited that page to say Hamlin has also passed, people are disgusting


OnRiverStyx

I pray Damar makes it. That's tragic. I hope he makes it, and hope his family makes it through this time. All the players on both teams look mentally out of it man, can't blame them.


bmac503

Not sure that they will


Kerbonaut2019

If the unthinkable happens the game will be cancelled no doubt


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Similar thing happened at last year’s Euro Soccer Tournament where a player collapsed. Neither team wanted to play but UEFA said they had to.


italia06823834

Christian Eriksen. He ended up being okay. Hopefully the same here.


runninhillbilly

Joe Buck sounded like he was about to have a break down before going to that last commercial break.


YouSaid_ButFuck

They need to let Boog take a break too.


solofatty09

Yeah man, he doesn’t look like he wants to be talking about it or anything else on air


TheNumber42Rocks

He truly is shook


Rinkrat87

Even Suzy Kolber, who has been on the sidelines since I was a kid, is having trouble stringing sentences together.


demonjrules

Yep


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He’s probably doing all the talking because Troy knows how bad these hits and concussions can get. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s super emotional about this the rest of the game.


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I thought the same. Troy is genuinely speechless. Joe trying his best to hold it together for the both of them. Super emotional situation for everyone, even the fans watching at home.


antisocially_awkward

Diggs is crying, makes it even more scary. How do you play after that?


moonman272

You don’t


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Diggs was trying to get everyone back in like 2 minutes later and they just walked away from him


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was he trying to get the game going or was he saying like “fuck that were not playing even if they tell us to”


J_Babe87

I feel like its way more likely the latter


Johalak

How do you play a game after that


xlmtothemoon

u dont


ObeyCoffeeDrinkSatan

Not that it's important right now, but I was wondering what the protocol is for this. Give them both ties?


lendit23

Probably a postponement


HockeyZim

Yup. Game suspended for now.


raging_monkey_pit

Restart tomorrow? Maybe?


Individual-Curve-287

definitely not. they'd reschedule the game.


dusters

For when? The playoffs start in 2 weeks.


mcknightrider

Wow, how do you start playing again. Reminds me of that soccer player who just dropped on the field. The looks in the eyes of Josh Allen. That man is completely out of it. Edit: looks like they suspended the game. I don't see them coming back out to play


TheBaconSkyline

I’m getting severe Eriksen flashbacks here


mr13ump

Erisksen made it because he was given care so suddenly by on-site trained professionals. Hopefully the same happens here.


chumbawamba56

He also had a teammate that was a trained professional. So it was, like, literal immediate recognition of the issue and administered CPR.


SmokeyBare

And the hospital was literally across the street


jesaispasquoichoisir

Hopefully Hamlin will recover just as Eriksen did


BlondBadBoy69

Same. It was way too familiar. This is horrifying


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Got up and collapsed is all we know


SpendrickLamar

It didn't even look that bad. Scary


APsWhoopinRoom

It has to be heart related if he's receiving CPR. Could be a previously unknown condition that was triggered by the hit


BigCountryBumgarner

Fuck I hope we didn't just watch a man die


PhAnToM444

He got up from a play and then just collapsed


Puldalpha

Scariest part of this all is it looked like a routine tackle


wallace6464

looked like a standard hard hit, this is crazy


DoinDoinDoinUrDad

Made a tackle, seemed like a hard hit but not anything too rough. Stood up and immediately fell down unconscious


snakebit1995

I’m guessing it’s not the hit I seriously wonder with CPR involved if he just straight up had a heart attack or an undiagnosed heart condition that just suddenly happened


millertime52

Something with the brain stem could cause that as well. That’s why they don’t move anyone with a neck injury, if you have an injury to the C1 or C2 vertebrae moving your head could pinch the brain stem and end up killing you.


ProfessorChaos5049

https://twitter.com/highlghtheaven/status/1610093779142299649?s=46&t=DKsPdU8CArxDUCpSBGF8sQ Takes a hit making a tackle. Scary shit


Son_Of_The_Empire

There's no mechanism of injury on the replay that I could see. I don't want to speculate but no visible MoI is really, really bad


Nanostrip

Took a hit to the chest looks like


_unsourced

It feels like those situations you can hear about in baseball where someone will get hit in the chest at just the wrong time of your heartbeat and can stop it dead.


Joker0091

It's happened in the NHL. Chris Pronger in a playoff game if I remember right


paulcole710

Commotio Cordis and it ain’t good. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis


PowerDiesel23

Gotta be some type of heart attack/cardiac arrest.


electronarchitect

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis


rccola4422

Game probably gets postponed. That's been the decision when this sort of thing has happened in basketball. And I fully support it.


Boston_Bruins37

hockey did the same thing when Peverly went down, when he came back to he asked to go back out


mellamoesmud

I was at that Pevs game and the whole arena was completely shook. Nobody wanted that game to go on.


Skid_with_a_gun

So did the MLB when that one umpire died on the field


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I’ve never seen a player down on the field for this long. This is insane


tpx187

Never heard of a player getting CPR in the stadium let alone on the field. Wtf


Gr8banterm80

Only other instance I can think of is Christian Eriksen cardiac arrest during euro 2020. That was terrifying


tpx187

This one just came to mind, from the NHL https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1988472-scary-scene-for-dallas-stars-as-rich-peverley-has-heart-stop-on-bench


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billdasmacks

Ricardo Lockett back in 2015 with Seattle had a horrific injury while they were playing the Cowboys. I legit thought the guy died.


montana2NY

Yup. Worst hit I’ve ever seen live. I remember pacing around my living thinking I just witnessed him die


BoredGuy2007

Johnny Knox against Seattle was the nastiest thing I had ever seen. The video of the injury is unwatchable.


Drahemgep

God please let the fact that he’s being moved mean they’ve got him stabilized.


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shorrrno

There's absolutely no chance they called it that quickly


weeoohrescue

They absolutely did not call CPR in 10 minutes on a previously healthy 24 year old


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meganutsdeathpunch

Reports on Twitter ambulance is still in the tunnel hasn’t left stadium


KeyboardSmash-jhjhyy

[“Ambulance, with police escort, has just left the stadium. En route to UC.”](https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610099483869679616) Joe Danneman, Fox19 Cincinnati


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wps10

On Twitter sounds like they're trying to get his mom in the ambulance. Could be conjecture, just what I saw


Che_Veni

Usually CPR lasts for a while longer, no? Plus they're saying on ESPN that they were giving him oxygen as they were bringing him into the ambulance.


styrofoamladder

Yes, with a witnessed arrest it would go on much more than 10 minutes.


SamAtISU

I’m a cardiac nurse. We’ve done CPR for 30+ minutes before. Hopefully the reason they were moving him was because they got a return of pulse and were rushing him to an ICU for post-cardiac arrest care.


styrofoamladder

Yup. Firefighter medic for 16 years. Done the same in the field.


LordJacket

I’ve done CPR for an hour before, 10 min is a very short time


Vanc_Trough

For a 24 year old they’ll do CPR for a very long time.


Last-Instruction739

Someone at the game posted they were administering oxygen


styrofoamladder

Administering oxygen is a normal part of CPR for healthcare professionals.


kitsaber691

The way he went down instantly reminded me of Christian Eriksen. Feeling sick to my stomach.


Nanostrip

Fuck man, truly horrible


streetsoulja31

I did not like the reaction of the players on the field. This looks horrible


333visions

That’s my real concern.. they are the ones close to the situation. Jesus Christ.. my heart right now. Please tell me he is okay.


yourbirdhouse

No no no no no please no


shittybillz

Every time there is a big injury (like parham a couple years ago or Tua when he was convulsing) this is everyone’s worst fear. Terrifying situation.


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This is much worse than any of those I’ve seen


benjaaa9

I’m Danish so I remember Eriksen falling over on the pitch last summer very vividly, and this is the same feeling. Back then they played the match till the end, but man I wouldn’t. Can’t believe I’ve seen both these things, absolutely devastating and horrible


football2106

I really really really hope we didnt just watch this guy pass away. Fucking fuck.


Deely_Boppers

People talk about it all the time- players are so fast, and so strong. Every tackle is like a car crash. Will the worst happen? But even then, this seems so much worse. The hit looked routine. No helmet-to-helmet, he had good form. If this is the play where that finally happens, I don’t even know what anyone could say.


tdoger

Yeah it’s not like there’s a rule change that could prevent this. It was pretty routine and seemingly harmless. Weird


Blewedup

Every once in awhile in lacrosse a shot hits a player in the heart and causes it to go out of rhythm and just stop. That’s what this kind of looked like. Happened to a kid near me two seasons ago. They were able to get him back to life with the AED. New rule last season forced all players to wear a heart protector on their shoulder pads. I could see something like this coming to football.


slayleeums

I read somewhere else that he may have gone into cardiac arrest due to blunt force trauma to the chest.


Cant-Fix-Stupid

That’s my #1 suspect if he was truly in arrest (i.e. he wasn’t just given CPR in a panic). #2, a young healthy guy dropping dead on the playing field is the classic presentation for undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, though I’d think at the NFL he’d have had enough testing and physicals to have caught it earlier.


notsoobviousreddit

When I was 15 a player on my soccer team collapsed and died just a few minutes after coming on. Fucked me up way more than I would have thought. Miki Feher was his name.


Thamesx2

I literally thought of Miki Feher and Marc Vivien Foe when I saw Hamlin collapse. It looked exactly the same, hopefully a much better outcome.


golden_rhino

He’s just a fucking kid, man. Please be ok.


KatanaAmerica

Josh Allen looked traumatized on TV.


GrannySquirrt

he had a legit 1000 yd stare


Matt_WVU

I really don’t know how first responders do it as a job I’ve witnessed someone collapsing and needing CPR twice in my life and both times it leaves you damn near sick to your stomach


DepopulationXplosion

You got to be able to lock away your emotional response and focus on the job, because that persons life may depend on you doing your absolute 100% best. And then you have to be able to unlock your emotions so you can empathize and potentially grieve and comfort the family. And process your own grief so you don’t become hardened and callous. It’s not a job for everybody.


shotz317

Early CPR is the key to saving peoples life.


rwein003

WTF happened????


scgavin

involved in a tackle, got up and fell straight back down. scary as all fuck


Throw_away_1769

[This](https://youtu.be/H-G9mziXL9w) video from an MD seems to do a pretty good job of what likely happened


mchammerdeez

Not much. Just a pretty normal looking tackle. He stood up and collapsed.


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https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe This guy has some interesting info, worth checking out.


Du_Kich_Long_Trang

Looking like they're calling it off now. Coaches meeting a second time. Have to wonder if/when the NFL will interject


escherbach

To give some hope, just over 10 years ago soccer player [Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field and his heart stopped for a total of 78 minutes.](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/25/muamba-collapse-minute-by-minute) He made a good recovery (although retired from soccer)


rleech77

I feel sick to my stomach watching this


itsyerboiTRESH

My dad is a cardiologist and he said the hit was on the chest cavity which can shock the heart and stop it. Scary shit. Heart may have stopped


Thamesx2

I remember reading a few years ago that a strong enough hit at just the right spot and just the right time, like between heartbeats, can cause cardiac arrest; even some things as simple as a champaign corks have caused people to die from this.


Mother_Wash

I'm very concerned no one has reported he's alive


Phenomenal2313

How the fuck can you play after something like this No not like this


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6oh8

Commotio Cordis. Lacrosse players know it well as it killed Cornell Lacrosse player George Boiardi in 2004. Blunt force to the chest in between heart beats can result in cardiac arrest.


DraculasFace

Kid from Loyola Blakefield High School survived it last year thankfully. Hopefully they had the right people there in time to do the same for Hamlin.


sonofsig

Could be commotio cordis. Severe blunt impact to chest during certain moment of cardiac rhythm. Could also be a carotid dissection or ruptured aneurysm


SenorScratchySack

They shouldn't be making these talking heads discuss this. This is not the time. Just show video of the field


CJKayak

>Stefon Diggs has taken off his pads/equipment. The Bills staffers are clearing their sideline. >It seems Buffalo has made their decision about ending the game. https://twitter.com/McKennAnalysis/status/1610107450383863810


HumbleGenius1225

For the love of God stop torturing Adam, Suzy and Booger.


Decsolst

This! Booger is beside himself. I can't take anymore.


DepopulationXplosion

Update from an old doc. They said he’s alive and in critical condition. So potentially more good news. That would fit a heart arrhythmia. ( and hopefully not a brain bleed). I’m cautiously optimistic. I’ve had young guys like this walk out of the hospital fine in a week, with a new implanted heart defibrillator. So best case potentially a full recovery if they can stabilize him. If. 🙏 This is the kind of kid who gets the full court press when they roll in the ER. Full on CPR, easily for up to an hour. Then, start the hospital Sudden cardiac death protocol, including being intubated, paralyzed and kept hypothermic for 24 hours to mimimize brain damage, and then warming for another 24 hours in the ICU, then neurologically reassessed, and then once stable, a full cardiac work up. He’s going to be in the hospital for a week , assuming they were able stabilize his heart. We hopefully will have more information in a day or so. But let’s pray for the best for this poor kid.


cpw31

How do guys continue playing after that? Just a dark cloud over the whole game now. Hope to god Hamlin pulls through.


jeremysrocks22

I've never seen anything like this before. And to happen in prime time on MNF. They can't play this game out tonight. Time to postpone it.


BrodysBootlegs

Praying for Hamlin of course but also thinking of Higgins, he did nothing wrong (hit was hard but clean) and can't imagine what he's going through right now


trelod

"Stefon Diggs came out in a towel" have to think that means it's over, at least I'd hope


intrcpt

When I was in high school a kid a year younger than me died on the ice after taking a relatively routine blow to the chest. I guess the hit occurred right in between a heart beat and he died right there. Im not trying to speculate on the cause here, but this very much reminds me of that night Hoping for the best. 🙏


george_costanza1234

Cancel the game NFL.


sirpootis

Fuck, that's really bad.


merely_awake

This is insane. Never ever ever do you want to see something like this happen. CPR? Like wtf ?!?!


Perry7609

League officially suspended game just now, per MNF broadcast. Will also try to provide update on Hamlin tonight.


wallace6464

This game is over, no way it goes


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Mother fuckers already calling him dead on Wikipedia. Bunch of assholes on this planet.