NFL and MLB legend Bo Jackson tells hospitalized Damar Hamlin ‘hell yeah we won young man’ after hearing the Bills player asked if his team was victorious three days on from his cardiac arrest
NFL and baseball legend Bo Jackson has messaged Damar Hamlin, telling him ‘we won’ after hearing the hospitalized Bills safety asked if his team had triumphed in Monday night’s game.
The 24-year-old has shown signs of encouragement in his progress in recent days after suffering a cardiac arrest and being resuscitated during the first quarter of the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The football world has come together following the horrifying moment and Jackson, who played for Las Vegas Raiders between 1987 and 1990, responded to Hamlin’s question three days after his collapse.
Damar Hamlin asked if the Bills had beaten the Bengals after waking up after his cardiac arrest
NFL and baseball legend Bo Jackson (L) sent a message to hospitalized Bills safety in response
‘Dear @HamlinIsland, The question you asked, “Did we win?” The answer to that is yes, we did win,’ the 1990 Pro-Bowler wrote on his Twitter profile.
‘The very second you opened your eyes, the nation celebrated and cheered. So to answer your question, hell yeah we won young man!!’
Doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Hamlin had made ‘substantial improvement’ on Thursday.
‘He is beginning to awaken and it appears his neurological condition and function is intact,’ said UC College of Medicine’s Dr. Timothy Pritts in a video press conference.
Hamlin had been sedated following his on-field resuscitation on Monday, but began communicating with doctors in writing Wednesday.
The 24-year-old defensive back even asked doctors who won Monday’s game, which was canceled Thursday.
Jackson played for the Las Vegas Raiders between 1987 and 1990 and also played pro baseball
‘Our response was: Damar, you won,’ Pritts told reporters. ‘You won the game of life.’
On Friday Hamlin’s breathing tube was removed and Buffalo team coach Sean McDermott also revealed the player talked to the team, saying ‘love you boys’ via a FaceTime call on Friday and flexed his arm muscles for his surprised Bills teammates.
The NFL will support Hamlin this weekend with all 32 teams able to offer a pregame moment of support, wear t-shirts with Hamlin’s name and number on while the number threes on fields may be painted in Bills colors.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wrote a letter to football fans Saturday morning following Hamlin’s ‘inspiring progress’.
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