“We watched this man fall – I’m emotional thinking about it now – and I’ve been emotional about it ever since,” said Markowski, who created one. 3 homemade blue felt shirt and pin it to her body. cloak. “I said, ‘I want to go see that football game.’ I’ve never wanted to go to a football game, never in my life.”
In the Bills’ team store, a salesman said it was the first time he’d seen a jersey from Hamlin, a little-known second-year player, for sale amid inventories. is different. Number 3 shirts appeared on a shelf behind a security line, where another employee enforced the one-per-customer limit.
Fans in nearby parking lots lined up next to signs that read “Prayers for Damar”, “Love for Damar” and “We are Damar”. Another sign erected on the bed of a pickup truck read “Learn CPR, because you never know” – a reference to the procedures that helped save Hamlin’s life.
Lisa Bubel, 44, a firefighter’s emergency medical technician from Rochester, NY, who was wearing Bills-themed sandals and who did CPR, said: “It’s very emotional. move, and it should be. “It’s a heartwarming tragedy, I guess that’s an expression. It is to unite everyone. And in a world where we always see bad news, it’s great to see people coming together as human beings.”
Hours before the match, the Hamlin account posted congratulations on Twitter. His condition has improved gradually over the past few days, and the account shows him lying in a hospital bed at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
“I wanted nothing more than to run out of that tunnel with my brothers,” wrote Hamlin, who also posted a picture of himself with his parents, Nina and Mario. “Today God uses me in a different way. Tell someone you love them today!”
The emotional atmosphere only increases as game time draws near.
The players curled their fingers into a heart shape and fans responded to the gesture lovingly.
