Notice how the stadium goes dead silent. Just scary

This is when every NFL fan base came together

I remember watching this live…still brings me chills watching it. Just seeing his body collapse and then look absolutely lifeless…😞

even a year later this is so chilling and unbelievable, thank god he’s okay

The Bills players were crying because Damar was DEAD, and they knew it, they were mourning him there hoping the medical staff could pull off a miracle, and by the grace of God he survived

The people with the most important job that night were the least paid people on that field. A huge thank you to the entire medical staff responsible for saving Hamlin. They’re the real heroes on that field that night.

Props to #30 for instantly reacting when he fell. He was the first to see, and first to run over to check on him.

The fact the Bengals lineman knew and just went straight to show respect be could tell something was off because he got up but fell again

*I remember when this happened. It was all over social media, the news, people outside of football were sending him love. Thank you God that Damar is fine and was able to even speak after this tragic accident.*

Props to the bills number 30 for instantly realising that he went into cardiac arrest at the moment he fell.

I watched this live, and my dad who is a doctor guessed exactly right as to what it was and we all just said a prayer for him in our living room.

Thank God he recovered. I’m tearing up now and it’s a year later.

10/3/2023(100 comments at this times) - I work in hospital setting (27yrs) I've done CPR. 2:23 seconds "He's been down for NINE minutes (Never a good thing) I was talking to 2 other medical family members on the phone at this point. The NFL did a good thing here by CX the game. Damar's CPR event & recovery should never be hidden by social media. TY for having this video The NFL films doesn't have it available - yet) This is such a good video for CPR & AED awareness. So sad to watch here absolutely, but very needed. The existence of Rapid Response Teams / Quick Response Teams (QRS) are needed very much so. The NFL needs to cover these teams better & way more in depth. Not just handing out awards for what they did on this day, but for what they need to do to proper for such events. TY again & Thank God he pulled through.

One of the scariest moments in football in the last several decades at least. Never ever wish harm on a team or person just because you don't like them. God bless DH. I'm glad that he's made a great recovery 😊

this was the day after my daughter was born. we just got home and settled in and it was her first nfl game to watch with me, i know that sounds silly but my father and i were diehard bengals fans that watched every game we could together, just wanted to create a memory like that. ill never forget the shock of the whole experience, checking twitter every half hour for updates, the wholesomeness of fans from all over coming together in a time of uncertainty. just, wow.

I saw Damar that summer while I was hooping with some Bills players with my friends. He walked in the gym and said what’s up to all of us before we even noticed he came in. He gave all of us knucks too. When this happened I couldn’t stop thinking about that genuine act. Thank God he survived and is okay. He is a great guy

That moment absolutely shattered that team. They were not the same after it happened even though he survived. It completely broke them.

thank you for the medical team and the doctors involved for saving damar

The silence was scary

Like lots of us, my son and I were watching this as it happened. It was scary enough, but then when the sideline reporter said the EMTs were doing CPR ... that's not something you're used to hearing ... still scares the holy hell out of me

I remember being in the car with my dad when this happened. We were listening it on the radio when he collapsed and at first I thought it was just a regular injury but when they came back, we knew something was terribly wrong and it was silent the rest of the car ride. It felt so surreal yet so frightening because we were so confused and worried about him.

I remember seeing it live and my family and I were SHOCKED. Im so glad he is ok.

You can see diggs lip “oh my god” Jesus man I can’t imagine what they were thinking in that moment

*Joe Mixon wanted no part of Damar’s collapse. He dodged him like the Matrix. He did not want a flag for Damar collapsing next to him.*

Live TV is terrifying because you can occasionally see stuff like this. It’s rare but it’s absolutely horrible to see.

You could tell that Bengals #20 knew it was something severe. When you play football, especially at the highest levels, you see guys get hurt. You know what concussions, knee injuries and all look like by how the player is hit and reacts. You just don't see someone get up like everything is fine and then just go limp.

Can't overstate how scary this was. I'm a Bills fan and I remember waking up the morning of the game thinking something bad was gonna happen. But my idea of "something bad" was that the Bengals were gonna blow us out or Allen or Diggs would be hurt before the playoffs. Never imagined anything like this. Hugely thankful he's ok, God's watching over us.

Seeing this just makes me sad. Football is a brutal sport thank God for damar surviving this

When a stadium packed with tens of thousands of people goes silent, you know it's a dark time.

Watched this live. Massive love and respect for the medical staff (obviously) but also the players and the fans. Both showed immense care and concern and showed that this is more than a game ❤

THE POWER OF PRAYER. GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Was watching this live,& the response blew me away..The crowd sensed the danger,& went silent,& the best thing ever,was the coaches getting together to tell the network as well as league officials that the players come first...Both teams were to upset to continue,& the NFL tried to make them play anyway...BEST WISHES TO MR. HAMLIN...

Texted my friends that I was pretty sure I had just seen a man die on live TV. The medical staff at the hospital and the first responders and trainers at the stadium brought him back. Just amazing. Also, a week later, Packers linebacker Quay Walker pushed a member of the Lions training staff on the field and got ejected.

And dude is still back playing, crazy!

Thank God and God bless the medical team

I still can't believe that after Damar got scraped off the field, the NFL's reaction was initially "Warm up for 5 minutes and resume the game"

My heart still breaks while watching this. Praise God for the people who were there to save his life. He is a wonderful young man.

that had to been the flukiest hit ever literally one a billion chance that happens from a tackle glad he’s good now props to the staff for saving lad

With as a big as an audience as that, there's always one person that has to ruin everything and dampen the mood typically by doing something stupid for laughs or just by pure idiocy. That being said, I was glad that everybody in the crowd took the moment seriously and stayed respectful from start to finish. It was an unfortunate scenario that brought everybody together in the end. Even if I'm super late to the party, I'm thankful Damar Hamlin is safe and healthy again.

Its tough watching this again. Im a jets fan but i always enjoy watching the bills when im not watching the jets. Seeing these men cry and pray to whatever they believe in for a miracle just hurts the soul

Watching the players pray is one of the most heart-wrenching and yet inspiring thing I've seen in so long.❤

I was watching this with my now ex girlfriends dad and we were so confused why it kept going to commercial, still in shock we watched this live.

Man, that's tough to watch. Thankful he's O.K. now.

Some of The toughest men on earth reduced to tears

I feel like the celebration when he was brought around was probably bigger than any superbowl win

My dad was in the crowd and saw this happen. It was a crazy experience because it’s not like on tv, they can’t just cut to an ad irl.

I was working and all I could do is check scores , and I saw that the game stayed at the same score and the quarters were not changing. I texted a friend like what’s gng on with the game and she told me one of the bills players went down and they are working on him, she said it he got up and collapsed she said it is awful … I checked every day a few times during the days to get some kind of news… I honestly prayed for him Thank god it turned out like it did 🙏🏼

watching this live was even scarier bru

Meanwhile, I was reminded of my syncope episode on October 25, 2013.

Scary. I watched This Live this was going to be a playoff preview but when he collapsed it was more for a game that 2 hours while we were clueless of what happened. Glad He is okay and we hope that never happens ever again

This game made me cry 😭

Damar has been a healthy scratch for the first half of the 23 season. It would be something if he was going to play in the SNF game. But I think the Bills will protect him and the franchise because (God forbid) if this were to happen again involving him there would probably be lots of insurance and other issues the general public doesn't know about. I'm glad he's been good for 10 months now. Doing commercials locally here in Western NY.

It’s just crazy to think how he literally fucking died on the field

Judging by the location where the Bengals player and Hamlin collided on that tackle, I am thinking that Hamlin suffered a condition known as commotio cordis, which is what happens when an object (such as, in this case, a football helmet) strikes the chest directly above the heart during a critical time in the heartbeat, causing both an abnormal heart rhythm and cardiac arrest immediately.

Crazy to me is NFL wanted them to finish the game. Until both coaches refused to

I'm from the UK and know exactly 0 about this sport. However, I was holding my breath watching this. I'm so pleased to read that Damar pulled through - the chances of that happening outside of a hospital are so slim, it was wonderful to hear of a positive outcome. 😄🙏 I watched this video in the first place because my mum passed away from sudden cardiac arrest a few months ago, and I keep torturing myself, wondering if she suffered or knew what was happening. I can't bear the thought of that. From what I've seen here, it happens in literally seconds. If so, that is a small comfort. I was told by doctors it would have been quick, but seeing something and being told about it are very different things. I hope with all of my being that that was the case for my mum. ❤

I remember seeing this while I was working out at the gym and me and my dad were terrified after seeing this we actually thought he was dead which he was for a few minutes thank God he’s still living to see more days tho ❤ God Bless you damar Hamlin ✝️🙏🏼❤️

Survival rate of Sudden Cardiac Arrest outside of a hospital is 10%. Incredible performance by the medical staff to save his life.

I had just turned the game on when it was stopped and they were working on him. I knew something was wrong

And Josh Allen didn't get up off the bench until he was told to

i still cry everytime i see this

This was the first time i ever watched an american football game live. I couldn't sleep honestly after this. It was scary

I watched this live. I didn't care for either team as it was just background noise for me, but I realized that this was the quietest stadium I have ever seen and I knew I had to pay attention.

Ive seen so muchscary stuff, car crashes people getting shot, stabbed knocked out and even broken bones. But this is another one.

Shout out Joe mixon for seeing it right away and saying something

Bro do I not see his arm move at 46 seconds when it pans out to broader camera view?

Bengals cared once they knew he was in trouble

The Bengals player who had to jump out of the way when he fell knew shit was bad, he immediately starting pointing.

I had a cardiac arrest at 25 as well. Watching this is chilling because I know this is how I was worked on as well and you are medically "dead" and to see it on tv was so scary.

I watch alot of KZfaq vids of soccer players collapsing. Damar fell exactly like them. He was dead on that field. As horrible it is to say he was. He even died in the ambulance. It truly is a MIRACLE he was saved.

What a spectacular string of events had to all happen in order for a heart to stop on what looks like a routine hit. Apparently the impact location, force, angle and timing of the cardiac cycle all had to be at a precise split second moment in order to cause such a catastrophic result. Glad he recovered without any apparent permanent injury.

It is bonkers to me how fast the brain stops working once the heart stops beating. Like 2 seconds without oxygen and you can't even control your body

Man, the way they had the camera on the crowd took me back to when Owen Hart fell to his death in 1999 😢. Thankfully Hamlin is ok 🙏🏼

remember watching this live, it was horrifying

When I saw him fall that way I was immediately thinking concussion and possible brain injury, did not expect a heart attack

Both teams were playing bard. They were in Bengals territory. Cincinnati. And even the Bengals fans were concerned. So glad he was able to come back.

the American, Eriksen moment.

Shoutout to #28 of the bengals who immediately saw that something was wrong and raised the alarm. I think he was the first guy to realize that Hamlin wasn't well and may have given the trainers precious extra seconds to save him.

0:12 i can hear Crowd Gasped after Reacting to Collapsing of Damar Hamlin. (Crowd Gasping)

God please do everything you can to keep Dammar Hamlin safe

God saved him! He is, Almighty! Hallelujah! Amen. 🙏✝️

I remember being in the kitchen making a myself a sandwich or something and my dad just says " I'm pretty sure someone just died on the feild"

Skip Bayless actually wanted the game to continue

Man what a day that was. Scary scary stuff

One of the reasons why I hate seeing players stand over another after a play... If they were just a second late......

Im glad Joe Flacco won Comeback Player of the Year award.

Hamlin later confirmed that he had an episode of commotio cordis, an extremely rare condition in which cardiac rhythm is disrupted by a blow to the chest during a specific 40-millisecond span in the heart's electrical cycle. The condition is 97% fatal if not treated within three minutes.

Who edits these videos ffs!!

Scariest moment in the nfl history

Its wonders how emergency services reacts and attend to the person in need, bringing them back making sure there safety is confined and that you are protected, God bless the emergency services

One of the most scariest NFL moments glad Damar is ok now 🙏 hopefully we see nothing like this ever again

0:06 When Blues star Chris Pronger gets slap shot on his Chest than Collapses on Ice.

I remember seeing this live.

The Bills players knew right away something was seriously wrong with Damar Hamlin the moment he fell and the Medical Staff when to treat him. I thought it was weird for ESPN to be taking that long of a Commercial Break for an injury. Then when they came back on and they showed the replay of how he fell and the face of the Players on both Teams I knew something was seriously wrong. When he was Transportated to the UC Medical Center theu were supposed to give a Press Conference that night but canceled it off. I thought to myself right there that they had either lost him or he was spending his last hours on earth with his family. Then they announced that he was stable and month later woke up. God Bless The Medical Staff 🙏 🙌 that we have !

How a nobody became a somebody

Dude, what took them so long to start doing chest compressions? If the person is unresponsive, you check their pulse. No pulse = immediate chest compressions, no hesitation and you instruct someone to call an ambulance.

Thank god he was okay

Wow, what an emotional thing to watch! Thank God he pulled through. This is just my opinion , I can’t believe he actually returned to still play football! I am not saying I’m right I’m just saying, I think it’s a pretty crazy decision. But if it makes him happy, that’s all that matters.

I remember watching this live

My wife is from Argentina and this was the first football she ever really sat down and watched. It was awful for all of us. We tried to explain the gravity of this situation but she was very confused about the whole thing. What a horrible introduction to football