President of the United States Joe Bidenreceived this Thursday at White House to the player Buffalo Bills, Damar Hamlinwho in January suffered a cardiac arrest during a matcho, and thanked him for advocating that defibrillators in schools.
The courage, resilience, and spirit of Damar Hamlin inspired the American people.
And what’s more, he turned recovery into action—and it made our country better.
It was an honor to see him and his family here today. pic.twitter.com/xju70wnAzl
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 30, 2023
At the meeting, the president thanked Hamlin for his “courage, her resilience and positive attitude” who served “an inspiration” to the American peopleetc., the White House said in a statement.
Except, Biden thanked him for his efforts to support a bill that would allow the country’s schools to buy defibrillators and will finance first aid courses for among other things, to help students and faculty deal with a cardiac arrest similar to that experienced by Hamlin.
Hamlin, 25 who is playing buffalo bills, suffered a cardiac arrest after wrestling with a player from Los Angeles Cincinnati Bengals last January 2nd. ANDThe player managed to survive because he was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation right on the field.
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January 11 Hamlin was released follow his recovery at home and March 26 Sean McDermott, trainer buffalo bills, He expressed his wish that he play again.
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Hamlin gave a press conference this Wednesday at USA congress promote Legislative draft allowing the use of defibrillators in schools.
What Damar Hamlin does inspires us all.
Working to create defibrillators in schools, he uses his voice to turn his story into a mission to save the lives of millions of children.#LoveForDamar pic.twitter.com/iZXhP8UnvC
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 29, 2023
Every year, In the United States, over 7,000 children under the age of 18 suffer from cardiac arrest.most of them are athletes, as explains hamlin, who thinks if schools had defibrillators as part of their medical equipment, many more children could have survived.
(According to information from EFE)
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