Kansas City Chiefs fans perhaps tuned in to Monday Night Football praying for a Cincinnati Bengals victory over the Buffalo Bills to put the Chiefs in the AFC’s first-seed position. However, the prayers for a win on the field quickly turned to prayers for the well-being of Bills Safety Damar Hamlin who suffered cardiac arrest after tackling Bengals receiver Tee Higgins during a routine play.
Hamlin, who is a 2016 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, is regarded as a “highly respected young man” who “has been an integral part of our Catholic Lasallian Community and regularly returns to Central to speak with participants of our football campus.” A photograph provided by the school to OSV News showed Hamlin in his high school football uniform holding a poster that read, “Recruited by Jesus.”
Over the past two years, Hamlin has Tweeted multiple expressions of faith and appreciation, along with support for friends and fellow athletes. “I see myself through God’s eyes, not anyone else’s,” he wrote on December 8, 2020. A post from the previous month read “from losses to lessons to blessings. Thank you, God!”
Although Hamlin is showing improvement, he remains in critical condition. To read more, click here.