Bills safety Damar Hamlin is honoring the medical team that helped save his life by launching a scholarship program for Cincinnati youths.
Alaina Getzenberg is a staff writer who covers the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. You can follow her via Twitter @agetzenberg.suffered cardiac arrest on the field at Paycor Stadium on Jan. 2, it took a team of prepared individuals based in Cincinnati and in Buffalo to help save his life.
"I'm humbled by the opportunity to set up a scholarship program to honor this team of professionals -- my Cincinnati heroes -- who helped save my life on January 2," Hamlin said in a statement."I created this scholarship program to recognize each of them for what they have done for me, while also lifting up kids in underserved communities who are in need of some support as they look to go to a private high school, trade school or on to college.
"I struggled my whole time growing up of knowing if I was doing the right thing and knowing if ... I never had that person that did what I wanted to do," Hamlin told ESPN."Somebody from my area who was successful in things that, somebody who was successful in life that was giving back to the community, showing the community that this is the right way to go about things, no matter if it was football or just being a person living a life worthy of living.
"I feel like God played a big part in all of that. Just seeing that I was someone who was actually doing the work and actually trying to make an impact somewhere and I think just took it to another level," Hamlin said."... I'm just super thankful, super appreciative, super proud."
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