Damar Hamlin Discusses ‘Remarkable’ Recovery and if He'll Return to Football

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Damar Hamlin is finally opening up about his sudden collapse during a football game — and if he plans to return to the sport.

In his first interview since the scary incident, the 24-year-old athlete sat down with  co-anchor and former NFL pro, Michael Strahan, to talk about his «remarkable» recovery and whether he’ll be back on the field.  «That just kind of put things in perspective for me, you know, hearing it from the doctor,» Hamlin said. «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 said he remembers preparing for that Monday night game six weeks ago against the Cincinnati Bengals.«I remember the things that we were focused on going into the game,» Hamlin told Strahan. «Just trying to get a win.»With 5:58 left to go in the first quarter of the Bills' Week 17 game on Monday Night Football, Hamlin collided with Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins as he tackled the Bengals star wide receiver.

Hamlin immediately collapsed in the process of standing back up, prompting the Bills' assistant athletic trainer, Denny Kellington, to immediately begin performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, on Hamlin.Hamlin was taken off the field by ambulance and went to UC Medical Center after receiving CPR and an automated external defibrillation (AED), where he remained in critical condition for an extended amount of time.

The game was halted and never completed.During the interview, Strahan pointed out that Kellington is the one who alerted everyone on the sidelines that Hamlin's medical condition was serious.«I owe Denny my life,» Hamlin said. «Literally.