On Monday night, everyone watching the tilt between the Bills and Bengals witnessed the scariest thing I’ve ever seen on a football field. Bills safety Damar Hamlin got up after what appeared to be a routine tackle on Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, took a couple of steps, and immediately collapsed to the ground.
It turned out that he’d experienced cardiac arrest. Medical personnel performed CPR for over nine minutes, and they had to use a defibrillator to restart his heart. Hamlin remains at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition in the ICU, with no updates on his condition expected before Wednesday.