Monday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was postponed in the first quarter when safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest after a tackle. It was a terrifying scene and a clear life-or-death emergency that nobody in the stadium could have anticipated.
For ESPN’s Monday Night Football announcer Joe Buck, he was tasked with calling the immensely difficult scene to a national audience. And by all accounts, Buck, Troy Aikman and ESPN covered the entire situation with care and respect as medical personnel treated Hamlin on the field.
