- Bills safety Damar Hamlin left the field on an ambulance after he collapsed in the first quarter of a game against the Bengals.
- The game was postponed and the NFL said in a statement that Hamlin was in critical condition.
Monday night's game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was postponed after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed in the first quarter and was taken off the field in an ambulance.
Hamlin was given CPR on the field for several minutes as teammates gathered around him to pray. In a statement, the NFL said Hamlin was at the hospital and in critical condition.
According to ESPN's Coley Harvey, Hamlin's teammate Stefon Diggs arrived at the hospital after the game had been postponed.
"He essentially expressed how much he needed to be here," Harvey said of Diggs. "You just heard from Adam Schefter saying that so many people around the NFL, around this team, are desperate to know anything about Damar Hamlin's status, and that's exactly what I got from Stefon Diggs."
Harvey added that as Diggs made his way into the building, he had to explain to a cop that he was Hamlin's teammate.
"I actually walked with him towards the medical center. I could only go so far. He got to a cop, and the cop initially wasn't going to let him in, and he said 'This is my teammate. I have to be here for my teammate. This is so frustrating right now. We just want to know what the news is on our guy.' The cop basically just let him go at that point, I actually had to vouch for him and explain exactly who he was."
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Fans looking for a way to support Hamlin have taken to flooding a toy drive he had organized with donations.