Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin made a trip to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to advocate for the availability of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at youth athletic events.
According to The Hill's Judy Kurtz, Hamlin said he's hoping to "help and protect young people" by stressing the importance of AEDs and CPR, both of which helped save his life when he collapsed on the field during a Monday Night Football game on Jan. 2.
"As I was growing up playing football, I don't recall ever thinking about CPR, or knowing where an AED was in my school or on the athletic field," Hamlin said at a news conference alongside a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington, D.