A sack celebration involving Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith raised social media ire on Sunday in the wake of Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest on a football field.
This took place six days after Hamlin required CPR resuscitation in a Monday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Buffalo Bills safety suffered cardiac arrest on the field before being transported to a Cincinnati hospital. The NFL canceled the game as Hamlin's health status was in doubt.
"I just don't want people to think of me that way and think I was doing anything," Highsmith told reporters, per the."Because I would never, ever, ever, ever want to do that intentionally, and I never ever would do that." "I just want people to know that I have nothing but love for Damar and his family," Highsmith continued."When that happened, I was shook for a couple days. Me and my wife, we were watching the game, we immediately saw it and intentionally started praying, intentionally prayed for him, his parents, the doctors, the nurses. ...
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