CRAZY!! The SCARIEST day in NFL History!!! WHAT?? [British guy reacts]

[@RescuePitties46]

It was commotio cordis that caused his heart attack. Basically he went into cardiac arrest immediately following a blow to the chest. The impact causes a potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbance. It takes a few seconds for the arrhythmia to fully hit the person so to speak which is why he was able to start to continue play before collapsing. The hit has to be directly at the heart during a certain moment in the heartbeat. He just struck REALLY bad luck with that hit and was lucky that CPR was given so quickly! He has no heart conditions that caused it, it was just bad luck and a hit that was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has been cleared to play since it happened- about 4 months after. Football is a brutal sport with a lot of injuries and clearly, a lot of damage to the heads/brains of players. Hamlins injury was just a very rare one in general; not just on the football field but generally speaking.

[@mikeyreacts234]

I've actually heard of this before and interestingly enough I've always associated it more with baseball for some reason, I don't know why

[@RescuePitties46]

@@mikeyreacts234 Oh i could actually envision that though with the speed not only that the ball is thrown at a batter and the potential of a weird stance angel causing a hit to the chest but the speed of the ball off the bat and potentially hitting a player and even at times out field collisions when players don't call for a catch etc. I never thought of that before! With football I think we are just so used to focusing much more of our concerns on the hits to their heads!

[@ekim0513]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gamester512]

@@mikeyreacts234 I know of an instance where this exact thing happened to a 9 year old boy at a little league baseball game. He was in the outfield and got hit in the chest by the ball and collapsed immediately. The only reason the boy survived is thanks to his mother being there and by pure good luck her happening to be a nurse. So she was able to keep her boy alive until paramedics could arrive and take over.

[@willvr4]

@@mikeyreacts234 It happened once when I was growing up to a kid at a school near me during a lacrosse game. He was playing goalie and the ball hit him right in the chest and caused the same thing. It's super super rare, but can happen.

[@shannonotoole3526]

What they dont say is the coach's REFUSED to play

[@SuePajcic]

The fact that he woke up without any neurologist damage after such a long resuscitation is a miracle. The fact that the medics at the field immediately began cpr saved his life. When he chose to return to playing football after a long recovery? I thought he was crazy, still, he was a young player with a lot of promise. Whenever I heard he was playing, I held my breath.

[@carolinagallegos3926]

Both these teams entered that field as rivals and left that field as family!!

[@lilahmoffett4367]

Wow. That was a great feel good story. I was impressed with his thoughtfulness to his team and the medical people that saved him...

[@mikeyreacts234]

Me too, the response was amazing, and it just goes to show that sportsmanship and honor are still around

[@pamforrester844]

I remember this well, I love football but this type of thing makes for a scary time. So happy he's back and well. Thank you for the video and commentary

[@paulbattson834]

Yes! Damar is playing this year.

[@KevSports.on.tiktiok]

yea he is playing this season

[@PAMNSAM726]

There is so much more that they left out. Ugh his first words were Did we win. That Patriots game had two kickoff run back TDs by Hines and the last time that happened on any team was 3 years and 3 months before. So much more!

[@jwestphal1978]

Interesting and scary is correct my friend! I won't go there, but you mentioned it. He has dressed and been active for one game this season.

[@adip6072]

yes playing a lacrosse game when i was in highschool a kid on the other team got hit hard in the chest and dropped like this and wasnt able to be saved rip John Mack

[@willvr4]

Are you from NY? I remember that story. I'm from Long Island.

[@adip6072]

Yeah from upstate the Binghamton area was in a winter club lacrosse game Vestal vs Binghamton when it happend

[@beverlydust5381]

He had the heartattack and he rehabbed and he played in the 23-24 season and into the post season ❤💙🤍 and yes the hit to the chest caused his heart to stop, the player on the other team who hit him felt so bad about it afterwards that Damar called him and told him that he didn't blame him for the hit and he was doing well. That game was never finished.

[@btnhstillfire]

This happened 1 month after my stepdad miraculously survived a massive heart attack. My stepdad was dead for 20 mins before they were able to get his heart started back up. Dr said no way he shouldve survived bc he had 1 artery w 100% blockage. 1 w 90% blockage and another w 70% blockage. He survived what they call the “Widowmaker”. So when Hamlin went down like this our whole family felt it 10x harder than we would have. When they were doing chest compressions I got tears.

[@juliayoung537]

Sending ❤ from Georgia 🇺🇲 I prefer college football but I do watch some NFL to see how many Dawgs are playing for that team

[@mariewagner5283]

Which means Julia is tuning into some Eagles games this season I'm sure 🙃😁👍

[@cathybrown8334]

Don’t know if you have done a reaction to Jimmy Buffett, but he passed a few days ago and had millions of fans.

[@mikeyreacts234]

Hey, I'll definitely look at doing some Jimmy buffet reactions

[@PApro]

#BillsMafia

[@jwestphal1978]

Side note, how many footballers had heart attacks in the past few yrs? I mean soccer for UTube

[@pamkuhn4124]

The Bible says we are not promised tomorrow. If it weren'tfor God he wouldn't haven't lived. Prayers saved him.

[@btnhstillfire]

No. Medical personnel saved his life. Give them the credit they deserve.

[@Beth-mi2hf]

No it was the medical personal , doctors and EMTs that saved his life

[@ekim0513]

He absolutely got the clot shot which is the MOST LIKELY reason for his collapse.

[@kareneverman9256]

Idiot. He got hit in the chest at the wrong moment and it disrupted his heart rhythm.

[@Beth-mi2hf]

Wrong u 🤡

[@182alikat]

It’s been happening to a lot of young athletic people. We both know why!!

[@JB09712]

Quit with this conspiracy crap. There was an actual medical reason for why it happened. Maybe look it up before spreading misinformation

[@technicschic]

Stop lying and spreading misinformation, misinformation that could harm people. You are disgusting for spreading misinformation about what happened to this man. Why do you want to harm people? As someone else said, it was commotio cordis that caused his heart attack. Basically he went into cardiac arrest immediately following a blow to the chest. The impact causes a potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbance. It takes a few seconds for the arrhythmia to fully hit the person so to speak which is why he was able to start to continue play before collapsing. The hit has to be directly at the heart during a certain moment in the heartbeat.

[@nicole06964]

Oh shut up

[@queencerseilannister3519]

It happens often to young athletes. I've heard stories for a longgg time about basketball players collapsing and dying and also athletes on the track field dying. Seems to happen to Black men.

[@technicschic]

@@queencerseilannister3519 Stop spreading lies, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Thank you.

[@propertylady57]

The conspiracy theory is he did get a booster shot and many people were suffering from heart attacks after the booster. He was asked about that but wouldn’t comment. Hmmm.

[@CBO4evr]

Lol yeah anti vaxxers also told everyone that the vaccine would make people magnetized and glow in the dark and to date no one has gained any super powers. They also can't seem to explain why this exact injury has occurred before Covid ever happened. But hey why wouldn't you trust the medical knowledge of the same people who think JFK Jr is gonna rise from the dead to be Trump's vice president in 2024 😂

[@btnhstillfire]

He didnt have a regular heart attack. He got hit between heartbeats. A 1 in a million thing. Its not like the basketball players just dropping.

[@kareneverman9256]

He got hit in the chest at the wrong moment. It was not a heart attack. It was cardiac arrest. It is rare but it is more common in baseball and lacrosse when players are hit in the chest with a ball. It has nothing to do with the “shot”. Idiot

[@Beth-mi2hf]

Ur a moron