{"id":605958,"date":"2023-02-08T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/hamlin-appears-during-super-bowl-event-to-receive-award\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:10:14","slug":"hamlin-appears-during-super-bowl-event-to-receive-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/hamlin-appears-during-super-bowl-event-to-receive-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamlin appears during Super Bowl event to receive award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-key=\"article\">\n<p>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the NFLPA\u2019s Alan Page Community Award. <\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills safety received the award at the Phoenix Convention Center on Wednesday, a little over a month after he <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buffalo-bills-nfl-sports-football-damar-hamlin-7b7d987e7073632f48e3f9ae78f67621\">went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favorite quotes: it\u2019s a blessing to be a blessing,\u201d Hamlin said, reading from a brief statement with his parents on stage with him. \u201cWith that being said, I plan to never take this position for granted and always have an urgent approach to making a difference in the community where I come from and also communities across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin was one of five finalists for the Alan Page Award, which annually recognizes one player who goes above and beyond to perform community service in his team city and\/or hometown. <\/p>\n<p>Hamlin\u2019s toy drive fundraiser received unexpected GoFundMe donations in the days and weeks after he collapsed. Chasing M\u2019s has since raised more than $9 million. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving back to my community has always been a part of who I am,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cI\u2019m thankful for my father, who\u2019s right here behind me, growing up watching him doing community days in our community. I always was waiting on my time when it came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin collapsed on the field after a collision with a Cincinnati Bengals player and had to be resuscitated before being taken away by ambulance. He was released from a Buffalo hospital on Jan. 11 <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buffalo-bills-cincinnati-bengals-nfl-sports-football-ae41d5baace672bd347e6e146400f11d\">and started visiting the Bills facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl and https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_NFL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/ea57f1d6c91d746f93c8d4834c3c072f\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n By JOHN MARSHALL &#8211; AP Sports Writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the NFLPA\u2019s Alan Page Community Award. The Buffalo Bills safety received the award at the Phoenix Convention Center on Wednesday, a little over a month after he went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[832,534,30302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appears","category-financial","category-hamlin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}