Hour 2: Damar Hamlin Update
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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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| 0:26.9 | Slack.com slash DHQ. We had some really good news. This is a tough transition for me, but |
| 0:32.7 | really good news on the Tomorrow Hamlin situation. Obviously Ryan representing in the jersey. |
| 0:37.5 | So we have a tweet from the bills and I'm going to try to get you out to the bills as well. |
| 0:41.6 | Sean McDermott will be at the podium shortly. So excuse me. |
| 0:46.2 | Prevent physicians at UCMC, Demar's breathing tube, removed overnight. He continues to progress |
| 0:52.4 | remarkably in his recovery. His neurologic function remains intact and he's been able to talk |
| 0:57.8 | to his family and care team. RC, I know you're having some problems with your, but you heard |
| 1:02.6 | me. So we're good. Just your reaction to the news that we got today, that he can speak to |
| 1:08.2 | his family. I saw a tweet also from the bills that he facetimes the team today. |
| 1:14.4 | Pure excitement. Honestly, I believe that many of us have been holding our breaths, it's |
| 1:19.6 | seeing that scene on Monday night. And I try to be optimistic, but as a football player who was |
| 1:25.0 | conditioned to ignore injury and be able to move on. I couldn't move on from this. And so to speak |
| 1:31.1 | to Shadevius Whiteen here, exactly what he saw on that field and to be able to visualize |
| 1:36.7 | what Demar Hamlin went through before Diny Kellington was able to administer CPR, it shows you that |
| 1:43.4 | that's the power of God, right? That's the power of prayer. This was truly out of anyone's |
| 1:49.4 | hands, but God and to continue to empower his physicians and the work that they've done, the |
| 1:55.1 | support that Demar Hamlin has gotten, and to now be able to communicate, to now be able to talk |
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