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Seattle Stadiums Light Up To Support Damar Hamlin
T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field donned the colors of the Buffalo Bills Tuesday night in a show of support for the safety's recovery.
![Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills walks through a tunnel during pregame against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on November 20, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/getty/23562256/20230104/040833/styles/patch_image/public/gettyimages-1443048636___04160810713.jpg)
The homes of the Seahawks and Mariners were lit in the red and blue of the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday night as teams across sports continue to show support for Damar Hamlin, who collapsed on the field and suffered cardiac arrest after a hit during the first quarter of a Monday Night Football game in Cincinnati.
T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field shared images and messages of support Tuesday on social media.
Thoughts are with you, Damar. β€οΈπ pic.twitter.com/dqHYqp3F2C
β Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) January 4, 2023
Weβre with you, Damar β€οΈπ pic.twitter.com/6qXg84PDhM
β Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) January 4, 2023
According to the Associated Press, team officials said Hamlin remained hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday, but a family spokesman said his recovery was "moving in the right direction."
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Hamlin's injury garnered worldwide support after the second-year Bills player had to be resuscitated on the field and loaded into an ambulance during the ESPN broadcast.
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UW Medicine doctors spoke Tuesday on cardiac arrest among athletes and underlined the importance of quick action.
"The sooner you get CPR and actually, more specifically, the sooner that you can get a shock to the heart to restart it, the better the outcomes are statistically," said Dr. Kim Harmon, a sports medicine specialist and longtime team physician for the University of Washington Huskies football team. "And so, the rapid response is just really critical, recognizing that it's a cardiac cause, because when a football player goes down, that's not the first thing that you think about, and you're always worried about the spine and other causes. And so, a rapid response is really critical. And it was terrific that there was a rapid response there."
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