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Spectators and TV viewers were stunned when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s heart stopped beating last week. But cardiac arrest in young athletes happens more often than is realised, and the key to averting disaster is quick thinking by bystanders, two survivors tell Sheila Flynn

After a week in a Cincinnati hospital following his collapse during an NFL game, Damar Hamlin is back in Buffalo as he takes a massive step on his road to recovery from his cardiac arrest.

"Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart."

Doctors say they are still unsure what caused Hamlin's collapse during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals a week ago.

The safety went into cardiac arrest a week ago, but has made progress since.

Damar Hamlin is out of the hospital and heading to Buffalo

Hamlin was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the morning and flown to Buffalo, where Dr. William Knight said he was “doing well.”

Doctors who treated Damar Hamlin say the Bills safety is back in Buffalo in an uplifting sign of the remarkable progress he’s made a week after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati

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