Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin Shares Hopes To Return To NFL After Suffering Cardiac Arrest, Says He’s Grateful To Be Alive

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Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin hopes to get back to playing football eventually after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game in January.

Hamlin sat down for his first TV interview since the collapse with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America”, which aired Monday, with him admitting he’s grateful to be alive.

He told Strahan he wants to return to the NFL eventually, but knows he has a lot to work through first, despite doing well physically. “I’m still working through things,” he said of his emotional recovery. “I’m still trying to process all the emotions and the trauma that comes from, you know, dealing with a situation like that and not really having people around or, you know, like, no one in my immediate circle who’s dealt with something like that.” READ MORE: Damar Hamlin Calls Buffalo Bills Trainer His ‘Saviour’ In First Interview Since Cardiac Arrest Hamlin said of the collapse and being grateful to be alive, “That just kinda put things in perspective for me, you know, hearing it from the doctor. “Things could have went differently and the details of the situation of everything that happened on the field — it could have been — it could have been the last of me.” Hamlin credited Denny Kellington — the assistant athletic trainer for the Bills, who immediately began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, on him — for saving his life. “I owe Denny my life,” the sportsman insisted. “Literally.

He loves to say he was just doing his job, which is true, you know? And that night, he was literally the saviour of my life.” READ MORE: Damar Hamlin Speaks Out For The First Time Since Cardiac Arrest, Shares Gratitude For ‘Genuine Love And Support’ He added, “I’m truly thankful for and I don’t take