The situation of Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin Tuesday weighed closely on his teammates, coaches and household – and on Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.
Tomlin spoke to reporters and stated he’s identified Hamlin because the defensive again was developing within the youth soccer ranks. Hamlin grew up in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, positioned simply exterior Pittsburgh. He attended Pittsburgh Central Catholic Excessive College and went to the College of Pittsburgh.
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Head coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers appears on in the course of the Ravens sport on Jan. 1, 2023, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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“I’ll say this about Damar Hamlin – it’s a extremely private factor to me, being a Pittsburgher and that younger man being a Pittsburgher, I’ve identified that man most likely since he was about 12,” Tomlin stated. “I’ve simply acquired plenty of respect and love for him as a human being, his dedication to the pursuit of his targets and desires of doing what he’s proper now, which is enjoying within the NFL. To observe him make private choices, and make {that a} realization, it’s simply an honor to get to know younger folks like that.
“I’ve had a possibility to precise that to him every time I see him. We’ve performed Buffalo every of the final two seasons and he and I had a second as a result of it’s simply cool to not solely admire these guys when it comes to the place they’re now however to know them since they have been youthful folks and to observe their maturation, their growth, to observe them earn what they’ve been chasing, it’s actually a cool factor, and he’s an instance of that.
Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Payments reacts after a sort out for a loss towards the Pittsburgh Steelers at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 9, 2022, in Orchard Park, New York.
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“I’ve acquired plenty of love for that younger man. I’ve lifted him and that group up in prayer. I’ve reached out to Sean McDermott to lend no matter help I might. However I don’t have rather a lot so as to add aside from that. I simply respect the truth that you guys admire how private it’s for me, not just for me, however for all of us.”
The Payments supplied an replace on Hamlin’s standing after he suffered cardiac arrest whereas attempting to sort out Cincinnati Bengals broad receiver Tee Higgins. He was rushed to the hospital after needing his heartbeat to be restored on the sphere.
Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Payments earlier than the Dolphins sport at Laborious Rock Stadium on Sept. 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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“Damar Hamlin spent last night within the intensive care unit and stays there immediately in crucial situation on the College of Cincinnati Medical Middle,” the group stated.
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“We’re grateful and grateful for the outpouring of help we now have acquired to date.”
