Bigger Than Sports: Outpouring of Support for Bills' Damar Hamilin

 Sometimes sports just doesn't matter. 

On a night where Penn State won its second Rose Bowl; Rutgers upended number 1 Purdue for the second time in a calendar year; the Brookyln Nets won their 12th in a row; Donavan Mitchell scored 71 points, and in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Bengals played host to the Buffalo Bills in a game with AFC home field on the line. 

Josh Allen and Buffalo Bills players pray. Getty Images.

 

 

None of those story-lines matter right now after the frightening collapse of Bills safety Damar Hamlin in the first quarter of the Buffalo-Cincy game. 

Hamlin simply made a tackle in a game where the Bengals led the Bills 7-3. He got up after making that tackle, then collapsed. Medical teams rushed onto the field to administer CPR, and soon thereafter lifted Hamilin into an ambulance to the hospital. 

Depending on what news service you are relying on, Hamlin is in critical condition at this very moment. His vitals are back to normal and is on a breathing tube. 

The game was suspended and there is no obvious word as to when it will be made up, if at all at this moment. 

The outreach has been incredible.