You can in terms of their physical nature. those nfl safeties are about as tough as they get. and we re talking about damar hamlin, who after a routine hit, uh, was a collapsed they had to administer cpr. um and now based on a statement issued by the nfl, uh this young man is in is in critical condition at the at the local hospital. the game has been suspended. um let s bring on and bring back now. jim grace, uh, one of the most notable sportscasters, uh , and a fox news contributor. jim what s your additional thoughts as you look at the scene unfolding now? well we can only hope and pray for the best to hear that he at least is in condition. critical condition. it s you don t want to say that s a positive sign that somebody s in critical condition. but, you know, you re just hoping that it s not the worst. i mean, again. i was at a game broadcasting a game on nbc with edinburgh and,
Then early on, suddenly, you have sort of this jaw dropping. intersection of entertainment in the real world, and i think players i think coach is certainly everybody watching. it has been overwhelmed by the direction that this story went. that had nothing that anybody would have anticipated. um and as we continue to wait to see what s gonna happen tomorrow, hamill and that s the primary story this point. of course we re talking about tomorrow. hamlin who is the safety for the buffalo bills? routine hit nothing in particular about this hit certainly wasn t uh, you know, over the top in terms of its aggressiveness, it was a clean hit. um yet they went down, got up, but then collapsed. cpr was administered . he was taken to a local hospital. he is in critical condition, according to his statement from the from the nfl . but let s now bring back fox
Um. phil simms and paul mcguire and we had a player reggie brown go down and cpr was performed. this was the 1997 season. i believe 96 97, perhaps, and they took him off . and those folks at the stadium saved his life. and, uh um it was after a pretty rough tackle. but fairly routine and the same type of thing, um, happened, uh, somebody else just mentioned play, or whoever else was on just before about hank gathers. uh that was horrible situation. but um, um , let s just hope that the medical those who were attending and the medical people were able to attend to him. with the proximity and having the best people on that field at that time, get him to the hospital, but he s going to be able to survive this. well. fox news can confirm that he is in critical condition. we re
Transported to the hospital, where he now is in this critical condition again. this isn t good news that he s in critical condition, but it s very good news that he is alive. um based on what could be and it s just going to it s just gonna have to play out now with the medical people, and hopefully he s going to be okay. and again. we don t have any of his medical details or background information as to what has gone on to him. and then the other circumstances. so um, but most players in the nfl, jason they have been rigorously tested. they have had physical after physical and you know if there was something that had happened before this in all instances, if it was his heart, um the public would know . certainly the club would know and he probably wouldn t be out on the field. yeah, it is. look, it s a violent sport and things injuries happen and they happen on a regular basis. i think you ve made the point jim several times. most of these players have been injured or
Off to recognize that everything is intact. once it is, you reach for the pulse. if there s no pulse, you get the defibrillator on the body on the heart and the quicker you get it the better chance for full recovery and that s why this is so serious, and that s why he thinks it is good news that critical condition. normally not a great thing is, jim gray said. but in this case is a good sign. well we can only hope and pray that it is you re seeing the video of the players as it happened in that collapse. we don t know definitively what the diagnosis is. we do know that there was cpr administer. we do know that he went to the hospital. the nfl has specifically announced that it was that he is in critical condition we re talking about tamar hamlin. the safety for the buffalo bills. um and you know this doctor and other doctors. i m sure watching this type of broadcast can recognize some things i would say. dr siegel just
Cases like this and the prayers that are that are offered offered up and so grateful for those first responders who get there and they ve done the training, right? they ve taken all the time they they ve gone to school and then there suddenly. dealt with this. this is playing out on national television in front of all of us and one of the healthiest athletes that there could possibly be and yet all across this country. there s going to be a car accident. there s gonna be some industrial accidents will be something that happens. that s devastating. the whole world may not be watching, but i think we all feel it in her heart. i think those players know that. hey that could have been me and there on that field, hitting and playing as hard as they can. and then this type of tragedy happens now. hopefully he ll pull through it. he is in critical condition is there to cincinnati hospital ? um but for a young man who s his healthy and vibrant as he is, i hope he s somehow some way able to ove
Doesn t make it to the hospital, he would automatically being critical condition and the situation like this, but this implies and again. i don t have the actual complete knowledge of this. that he made it past the cpr stage and that his heart rhythm is back then, if that s true, the question then comes. what is the down time? what is the issue with oxygen to the brain and the brain goes through a period without enough oxygen? that s what you worry about the most. if in fact, he made it to that stage where he s in critical condition, and we hope and pray that he wakes up. certainly everybody s thoughts and prayers are with them. of course, we re talking about tomorrow. hamlin that the safety for the buffalo bills one of the most exceptional safeties, fine physical specimen, by every way, we can tell. i mean, if you play safety in the nfl, you are very fit individual. that s scary that something like this is that dramatic can happen. i guess the good news that i read
And, um and yet you can see that the referees backed off almost immediately. you can see that the players take off their helmets. they kneel down. i think they backed up very quickly. you see how quickly and swiftly the medical attention there. they re already you know, pretty quickly thereafter, they re calling for that ambulance to be brought out. you see players on both sides of the field, kneeling and praying and then getting together on the field and actually going into prayer. there. we know that the coaches and the referees met shortly thereafter they decided to suspend the game. um the nfl has suspended the game and we do know that tamar hamlin as last reported about 15 20 minutes ago. uh that tamar hamlin is in critical condition, but he is at the hospital and you can only hope and pray that this young man, one of the a very fit athlete is able to overcome whatever
Issuing in terms of a statement is that damar hamlin is in a local hospital. he is in critical condition. game has been suspended, uh, and will further await what the nfl says about the postponement or the replaying of the game or what they re going to do. we re going to bring now. michelle tafoya. she s a former sideline reporter for nbc. sports michelle you ve been on the sidelines lots of these games. you you know how hard and how fast these people play some of the best athletes in the world , but it s pretty rare to see something as dramatic as is playing out there in cincinnati. what are your thoughts? yeah i think the closest i can come. we can recall pittsburgh steelers ryan shay. they re having that dreadful hit and ending up, you know, partially paralyzed for some time i actually covered the game where head coach gary kubiak of the texans collapsed right at the beginning of halftime and a game against the
Of an endgame collapse of magnitude, such as this. we re talking about damar hamlin. he plays for the buffalo bills. he s a safety was involved in a routine play, um, and collapsed . cpr was administered. he was taken to the hospital. now, i d like to read an nfl statement on the bills game and it, says the nfl statement on the bills bengals game tonight. buffalo bills versus the cincinnati bengals game has been postponed. after buffalo bills damar hamlin collapsed, nfl commissioner roger goodell announced hamlin received immediate medical attention on the field by team and independent medical staff and local paramedics. he was then transported to a local hospital , where he is in critical condition. our thoughts are with them are and the buffalo bills. we will provide more information as it becomes available. the nfl has been a constant communication with the nfl players association, which is an agreement with the postponement of the game. we re