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FILE - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) reacts after an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Orchard Park, NY. Damar Hamlin has nothing more to be afraid of. Having gone from a near-death experience to resuming his football career, the Buffalo Bills safety is free of whatever reservations he experienced with each step of his recovery last year. "My mind is free. My spirit is free. My Soul is free," Hamlin told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Matt Durisko, File)

Damar Hamlin says his 'mind is free' a year after resuming football following near-death experience

The passage of time has allowed Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin to gain perspective and grow in confidence a year after he resumed playing football following a near-death experience

By JOHN WAWROW
Published - Aug 05, 2024, 05:43 PM ET
Last Updated - Aug 05, 2024, 05:43 PM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin flashed a wide grin and waved hello while zipping by on a scooter, before accelerating to make a sharp, effortless turn up a hill toward the Buffalo Bills dorm rooms at their training camp facility.

Carefree and happy, there seems to be little the Bills safety has to be afraid of a year removed from the trepidations Hamlin experienced in making his return to football following a near-death experience.

“My mind is free. My spirit is free. My soul is free,” Hamlin told The Associated Press on Sunday. “I’m able to think clearly. I’m not hindered by second thoughts of what could maybe happen again."

Hamlin is, of course, referring to the terrifying moment when he went into cardiac arrest after making what appeared to be a routine tackle during a game at Cincinnati on Jan. 2, 2023. He needed to be resuscitated on the field and was transported to a hospital, where he spent two days in a medically induced coma before finally being awakened while surrounded by his family.

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