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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rick Telander

A cruel reminder about football

An ambulance carrying Bills safety Damar Hamlin leaves the field after he collapsed in the first quarter Monday against the Bengals. Hamlin is in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

The NFL game Monday was suspended not long after Bills safety Damar Hamlin went down after making a tackle on Bengals receiver Tee Higgins.

The tackle by Hamlin in the first quarter was rugged, but we see dozens as hard or harder in every NFL game. What we don’t see is a player stand up, as Hamlin did, and then collapse to the field, motionless. We don’t see first responders administer CPR, as they did for Hamlin.

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