Damar Hamlin at Highmark Stadium for Divisional round matchup between Bengals and Bills

HI, DANIELLE. DANIELLE: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK CAN MAKE. THIS TIME LAST WEEK, I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE A STUNNED PAYCOR STADIUM, MANY PEOPLE LEAVING THAT GAME VISIBLY UPSET, SOME EVEN CRYING. AND TONIGHT, PEOPLE ARE CRYING HAPPY TEARS BECAUSE TOMORROW HAMLIN IS NOW RECOVERING BACK IN BUFFALO. THIS IS TRULY A MEDICAL MIRACLE. >> DAMAR HAMLIN HAS BEEN RELEASED AND RETURNED TO BUFFALO. DANIELLE: IT’S THE SENTENCE WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN IS BACK IN BUFFALO ENTERING THE SECOND QUARTER OF HIS RECOVERY. >> WE THINK THAT HE WILL RECOVER WELL FROM THIS. AND HE HAS A GREAT POSITIVE ATTITUDE. DANIELLE: A MEDICAL MIRACLE THAT’S BEEN WITNESSED ON THE NATIONAL STAGE FROM THE HORRIFIC BEGINNING WHEN THE 24-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST DURING THE BENGALS-BILLS GAME LAST MONDAY NIGHT. >> HE WATCHED THE GAME YESTERDAY. WHEN THE OPENING KICK WAS RUN BACK, HE JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND GOT OUT OF HIS CHAIR. SET EVERY ALARM OFF IN THE ICU IN THE PROCESS. DANIELLE: AS HAMLIN CONTINUES TO HEAL, THOSE WHO WITNESSED OR RAN TO HIS AID POTENTIALLY HAVE SCARS OF THEIR OWN. >> WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING FOR HELP, IT’S HARD FOR US BECAUSE WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT ASKING FOR HELP AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SEE THAT AS WEAKNESS. DANIELLE: JIM PETRY, CURRENT MIAMI TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE. HE SAYS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CALLED OUT ON THE WORST DAY OF SOMEONE’S LIFE. >> IT MAY AFFECT THEM THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT MAY BE ONE OF 1000 WHEN YOU ADD UP A 10, 20, 30 YEAR CAREER. WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, AT SOME POINT IT COLLIDES. DANIELLE: TRI-STATE PIERCE SUPPORT TEAM -- TRI-STATE PEER SUPPORT TEAM PROVIDES RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO FIRST RESPONDERS. PETRY IS A FOUNDING MEMBER. >> WE ARE CHANGING THAT STIGMA. WE’RE CHANGING OUR CULTURE. THE BARRIERS ARE THAT IT’S OK NOT TO BE OK. DANIELLE: TOMORROW HAMLIN MIGHT NOT PHYSICALLY BE UP HERE IN CINCINNATI ANYMORE, BUT HIS PRESENCE STILL IS FELT. HAMLIN HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR HIS MEDICAL TEAM. HE HAS A NEW FUNDRAISING EFFORT, SELLING T-SHIRTS THAT SAY, "DID WE WIN". ALL OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO

Damar Hamlin at Highmark Stadium for Divisional round matchup between Bengals and Bills

Updated: 2:29 PM EST Jan 22, 2023

Buffalo Bills' safety Damar Hamlin is in Highmark Stadium for Sunday's AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals.The Bills tweeted video taken pregame of Hamlin's arrival to the team's locker room.It's the first time Hamlin has joined his Bills teammates inside a stadium on game day since he was taken out of Paycor Stadium in an ambulance after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest during the Monday Night Football game between the Bengals and Bills on Jan. 2.Hamlin spent a week undergoing treatment at UC Medical Center, including watching the Bills' first game without him against New England, before being released for treatment in Buffalo and, later, released from the hospital all together.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. —

Buffalo Bills' safety Damar Hamlin is in Highmark Stadium for Sunday's AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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The Bills tweeted video taken pregame of Hamlin's arrival to the team's locker room.

It's the first time Hamlin has joined his Bills teammates inside a stadium on game day since he was taken out of Paycor Stadium in an ambulance after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest during the Monday Night Football game between the Bengals and Bills on Jan. 2.

Hamlin spent a week undergoing treatment at UC Medical Center, including watching the Bills' first game without him against New England, before being released for treatment in Buffalo and, later, released from the hospital all together.