. “I want to give back an ounce of the love y’all showed me. Proceeds of this shirt will go to first-responders and the UC Trauma Center. Go get yours!”
His tweet included an image of three shirts, each with Hamlin's hands forming a heart — a hospital ID tag on his right wrist — and “Did We Win?” in big print. Hamlin's first question after he awoke Thursday was whether the Bills had beaten the Cincinnati Bengals in the game when he collapsed on the field.
The NFL has rallied around Hamlin after he needed to be resuscitated following a tackle during the first quarter of that game, with fans contributing over $8.5 million to hisHamlin has since made what doctors call a remarkable recovery, and he's trying to re-channel the energy of his supporters to help the medical teams that saved his life. As of Saturday, he was still listed in critical condition at the UC Medical Center.
Hamlin was active on Twitter throughout Sunday's Bills game, including posting a photo of himself preparing to watch from his hospital bed.