0 unfortunately, given the circumstances, jason obviously not used to coming on to talk about this like a lot of people out there. i mean, this was a really big game for people out there who are not nfl fans bills being goals monday night football. huge game to really excellent franchises. having very good season like a lot of people. i was sitting down watching this game coming right out of the rose bowl. it's a big day for college football and the nfl and, uh, you know, a really exciting start. and then this incident which happens and for those of us who have watched football, uh, for our whole lives are played, coached it. you see players get hurt, but this just what and felt different than what usually happens and so everybody watching it in real time, uh, knew that it was very serious and obviously it is. it is a heart wrenching moment for foreign of health and for everyone out there, and certainly for this young man and his family. yeah the speed and veracity of what happens in the nfl is second to none. i mean, i once upon a time was a placekicker on a college team and the speed of the hits and the violence that happened, but the nfl is a whole nother level as best i can tell clay, though, is it? you know, it was a clean hit. it wasn't something, um, out of the notes that out of the out of the ordinary, this person plays safety. they're going to be involved in these kinds of hits. he's one of the most well tuned athletes that there can be, but i think players and coaches and everybody there on the field just instantaneously knew something was wrong, and that's why the medical help got there as quickly as it did. yeah, no doubt and if you watched the play there was a hit. if this was not a situation every now and then you see, somebody have to be a mobilized because of the way that their head hits into the you worry about paralysis. he made the hit got up and then collapsed. you know, almost as if passing out instantly and you could see sometimes you know this having been on the field, but you can see sometimes the severity of a of an intrigued by how players on both teams react and immediately waved over the medical staff. and for damar hamlin, that's what you saw on this field at that point in time and again. this is a 24 year old player, played at the university of pittsburgh in his in his undergrad, sixth round pick of the bills. uh huh. and right now that they basically have suspended the game, and i think again, i'm watching it in real time. all of the stadium is filtering out. i think it's hard pressed to believe that this game well, in any way be able to be played. um tonight as everybody waits to see what's going to happen with this player, and i would just say again, it's unprecedented for sports fans out there who may remember this and i think this was in the early 19 nineties. jason uh, basketball player by the name of hank gathers collapsed. i believe he played for loyola marymount. back in the day. bo kimble was one of his teammates. uh and he collapsed on the court reggie lewis for people who are boston celtics fans and may remember him that wasn't in the game the hank gathers collapsed was in a game. these are relatively rare incidents to happen in athletic contest itself, where you have a serious illness like this serious injury like this serious medical condition like this, where they're having to uh, did you cpr to an athlete, and we just don't expect it because obviously young 20 something in early thirties athletes in the peak of their physical condition. we're just not used to seeing things like this happen, so you almost have to go back. historically almost 20 years, at least in my mind as a sports fan to think about that hank gathers experience for people out there who remember him as a great basketball player for loyal and miramonte back in the day. um and his collapsed. that is when i saw this happen kind of in my head immediately. when i started thinking of, because as you mentioned, jason, this was not a you know, football hit in the context of oh, we've got to get this guy immobilized on the field. we've got to put a neck brace on him. uh you know, we're worried about paralysis. this was he made the hit got up at the hit did not look particularly, you know, dangerous and then, uh, and then collapsed almost immediately thereafter. well we're talking about tomorrow. hamlin and as we await the, uh some further word about his health and situation the collapsed they had to administer cpr there on the field. um medical doctors were right there. on the scenes. the ambulance took him to the nearby hospital as his protocol . um and we just hope that he recovers sooner rather than later and gets back to full and complete health. it is a very scary situation. fox news can confirm that the game has been suspended. uh they'll be further word as to when the conclusion of this game or another game will be played. but right now, all the word and all the focus is on tamar hamlin, his family him personally. the greater bill's family at the nfl family and those that just care. about a young man who's living the american dream playing in the nfl, who's going through some very, very difficult situation tonight? um clay any other thoughts or perspectives? yeah look, um, the couple of things one. the bengals fans. remember this is a road game for people out there who may not be familiar with this. the bengals are playing against the bills here in cincinnati, and you could hear a pin drop on the field the way that both of these teams, nelson prayer, uh , for hamlin as they were trying to figure out exactly what is going on. and what had happened to him, um and then look at the amount of time and you know you just had a doctor on discussing it. i think initially there was the hope. you know, sometimes you'll get a report from the hospital. hey this is the prognosis this person and then they'll come on television and they'll say it. hey, you know that player that went off that we got the report from the hospital. that's the only thing that i can think of in terms of the decision that was made to try to pause on spending this game, uh and even in theory, play it. the commissioner has the authority roger goodell to make the choice here. it seems like and again, i say it seems like the two coaches basically agreed in this situation. hey. our teams are in no position to play this game. we're not talking about somebody who got to hurt me or broken arm or right injuries that you would anticipate and that they basically took it upon themselves to say we're going back to the locker room. the mental state of both these teams, frankly, after what they just witnessed on the field is not conducive to being able to complete this game. um and so ah, you know what, exactly? i mean for people out there who are not nfl fans. this is, uh, the next to last week of the regular season, they expanded the season 2 17 games. uh and so there there are theoretically one week left in the regular season. this was the last game of the 16th game . 17 scenes season, so that kind of puts into perspective where we are, but certainly the competitive aspects right now are far down the sort of prognosis as everybody tries to wait and see what the situation is going to be here. yeah. the two coaches met with the referees. the decision was made to suspend the game. i can't imagine asking the players to continue on. i think all those players there there's a there's a competitiveness against, but there's still all part of that nfl family and i think they all know. hey that could have been me. that could have been. you know, my brother. that could have been somebody next to it. so it's a small, you know, nfl teams are not that big guys. you know you're talking about 54 guys who dress for a game. uh it's not as if this is some they they all know each other so well. they know each other's families they know, you know, immediately. uh the impact here is just so staggering and the game has officially been postponed. i think you said, and the cincinnati bengals stadium now basically empty um and, uh, you know, at this point, we just have to wait and see what what the prognosis is , and certainly for everybody out there watching, uh, to certainly parade for the best in in what i said, is, frankly, an unprecedented situation even for long time nfl fans. i can't think about an experience like this. that's why i went back to hank gathers. ah and in terms 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 not going to be joined by fox news host brian kilmeade. brian you've seen a lot of sports in your life. what's your assessment of what's going on right here? but i mean it was routine. you know it, you know, is a brutal sport. it's tackle football. it's contact. this looks to be a shot to the chest, and it reminded me reminiscent of what we're there was stories and youth sports, especially across if you especially as a kid when he only crossbows into the chest. it could stop your heart. and if you see what happens oftentimes what happens, the kid will get up. and fall flat back on his back, and that seems to be something very similar to what we witnessed not a medical doctor, but seeing a lot of sports injuries and tragic situations, but the thing is that that situation does happen. you need to get immediate medical care and they had it. they had immediately went to oxygen number one you can always tell how serious and injury is. um you know, in soccer, you know, when you see these guys die of all the time to try to get calls, but you could tell when it's serious. when you see the trainers sprint out, same thing with football. no one takes it or takes dives, but you can see how serious it is how the other players react reminiscent of lawrence taylor snapping joe theismann's leg. everyone's saying what a great sacked taylor's looks on his face was get the medical team out here. this isn't about sports anymore , and that's what this was the minute he fell to the ground. everybody knew this is real. this is serious when they want to lift them up initially and then put them flat down again. and they immediately started doing cpr. and then you see the player bracing each other and both teams getting together. you just know this isn't one of those things where let's keep our fingers crossed and hope. you know it's serious, and that's why they spirited him out. that's why you can't imagine playing football even though the two best teams arguably in football, we're playing over the most anticipated games of the season . they stop full stop, and i don't have any criticism you have felt for waiting. they got to make sure it really happens. but for the league everybody got used to reschedule because of covid. how many times did you hear about a game was not going to happen because four or five players had covid so that was not life or death, thankfully for players in the prime of their life to test positive, but they quickly had to take a major sports and reschedule the whole thing, so they're used to it. and you can see the studio crew in espn doesn't really know how to react, and neither did the players and even the commission not being there but calling in with smart, getting together, not panicking, but making all the focus about the player. you almost knew what had happened. they're not playing football again. they did wait a little bit to get some answers. but it's all about, uh, even though it's full contact sport. it's how they hit happened and we're it hit and it looked high to the chest. yeah it's dr siegel came on earlier and indicated that those types of things can happen. even somebody who's is , uh, is fine of a specimen as 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, 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 seeing additional photos and reporting like this, but you know when these types of hits happen you, can you the players know the people in the field now they knew almost instantaneously. now, hopefully he'll be okay because of the swift nature of the medical care that was given there that we're talking, of course about damar. hamblin is a safety for the buffalo bills. they were playing against the cincinnati back. angles. after a hit, which by all accounts is a good clean hit the person i'm sure who made the hit because just beside themselves, um, but in the four family, jim, i can only imagine what the family of damar hamlin is going through. um you're playing in the nfl. you're on monday night football. um you know, it's the new year. um and then for this to happen, i can't even imagine the trauma that that family is going through right now. well, it's just awful when you sit with families during these games, and you know these families and i've had the good fortune to sit with many of these families. they're hoping that their son get up after every play. and that is their first hope. then they want them to win the game and to play well, but their first hope every play and their fear every play is what's going to happen and what could happen. and again, everybody. everybody playing is injured. so everybody has something you know that is bothering them. right now. we're in week 16 of the 17 game season, so everybody's been injured. um the good news here if there is such a thing as good news is the best medical people are in the stadiums, and they have people to transport people with tremendous efficiency and immediately no matter what the problem is that could occur on the field is and so he's getting the best medical attention. um but, yeah, for the family. i mean, and these teams have hopes of, uh, you know their dreams. both of these teams dreams are still all in front of them for super bowl. uh possible championship and it's just it's just really sad way. ah at this moment, um, to see this happen. and you know, if you're around these teams, you know that they're all brothers and sisters. you know they they care for each other. they're in close proximity every single day. let's go back now to fox news medical contributor mark segal . dr siegel, we're talking about tomorrow. hamblin of course, and you know, it seemed like a routine play. this is a safety for the buffalo bills who's engaged in hits. i don't know how many times during the season and a game, but this didn't seem like it. it was extreme. and yet there are other factors that could come in to in and you haven't examined this person and we haven't been given a medical report. but we did know that he collapsed and we didn't know that he was administered cpr and that he is in critical condition at the local cincinnati hospital. so what are your thoughts at this point? well, you know, jim gray and brian kilmeade just said things that are very relevant here, which is first of all, brian reported that it was a high hit to the chest, and that's transmitted. even if it doesn't look like it. it's transmitted torque to the heart . and most of the time, nothing happens. but you could have an underlying tendency or something can rupture. you can get a bruise. you can have bleeding. and that leads to a traumatic cardiac arrest where you go into an arrhythmia or your heart stops. the rapidity of the response is actually and as jim gray just said, and they use oxygen, as brian said, correct and also intravenous fluids. they use fluid resuscitation, and they try to get him to the hospital university of cincinnati medical center, where he probably is excellent trauma center. and the good news if there is good news is that the reporting him in critical condition most of the time. in a situation like this person 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 from that dr siegel is that medical care was right there. it was literally yards away. they were able to get there as quickly as possible. he saw the ambulance come on the field and get him to the hospital as quickly as possible. well, let's bring in now. fox news host will cain will like to get your perspective your thoughts on this. you follow sports very closely and i understand. i think that the gravity of what's happening in that state stadium for the family of damar hamlin and the greater nfl family as a whole. yeah jason, i can just like to start with sending, you know, obviously, our prayers and thoughts to damar and his family tonight. you know, outside of dr siegel. none of the rest of us are doctors. so you know, i wouldn't want to speculate. we the best we can do is offer perspective. i'll tell you this. jason listening to brian. one of my very first pieces that i