Moment teammates realised 'something is really wrong'

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Buffalo Bills violative tackle Dion Dawkins has recalled the infinitesimal helium realised thing was "really, truly wrong" aft teammate Damar Hamlin collapsed connected the field against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Hamlin remains successful infirmary and successful a captious condition aft suffering a cardiac apprehension during the game. His uncle, Dorrian Glenn, told CNN that Hamlin is inactive sedated having been resuscitated doubly - connected the tract and past astatine the hospital.

The crippled was subsequently postponed with players from some teams visibly distraught.

"You look astir and you spot the aesculapian unit doing their job, and you cognize erstwhile it's thing insignificant similar idiosyncratic is down, but they're sitting up, the guys are moving astatine a bully pace," Dawkins told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"But erstwhile things similar this are going on, they're waving truly accelerated and calling guys connected the tract and calling for the elite aesculapian unit - that's erstwhile you truly realise that thing is really, truly wrong.

"This was 1 of the archetypal experiences for myself wherever thing similar this has happened successful this benignant of way, wherever it silenced an full stadium that was astatine an uproar fractional a play earlier."

According to Glenn, Hamlin is connected a ventilator to relieve immoderate of the strain connected his lungs, which person been damaged pursuing the cardiac arrest. He said his nephew's information is "trending upwards successful a affirmative way" portion receiving attraction successful hospital.

For Dawkins, who is successful his sixth play with the Bills, the gravity of the concern instantly made him crook to prayer.

"Whether you're a believer oregon not, lone a higher powerfulness tin truly instrumentality power of what is next," helium said.

"Our radical that helped besides assisted that higher power. But successful that infinitesimal you benignant of conscionable person to beryllium susceptible and fto supplication spell up and enactment its magic."

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the crippled betwixt the Bills and the Bengals volition not beryllium resumed this week, adding that nary determination has been made connected erstwhile it mightiness beryllium played.

"I'm genuinely blessed that we didn't person to support playing," said Dawkins.

"The information that we did not person to spell backmost retired determination connected that tract and play conscionable shows that determination is care, and that's each we tin ever inquire for is that we get treated arsenic people," helium added.

"Most radical conscionable dainty america arsenic athletes, arsenic superstars, and immoderate radical similar celebrities, but successful that infinitesimal they [the NFL] treated america similar people. And being treated arsenic a idiosyncratic that is cared for, it's a beauteous feeling.

"I'm thankful that I was treated arsenic a idiosyncratic and truthful were the remainder of my teammates due to the fact that astatine the extremity of the day, we are people. And we person feelings, we person emotions, we cry, we hurt. And we person families, and they hurt, and they cry."

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