Yankees will honor Damar Hamlin

Next week, the New York Yankees will host the 14th annual HOPE Week (Help Others Persevere and Excel Week), the annual spotlight on the team of individuals and organizations that help others in the community. The initiative was launched in 2009 and has celebrated and publicized the work of dozens.

To open the festivities, the Yankees will kick off next Monday by honoring Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, whose heart stopped while making a tackle on Jan. 3. First responders were able to resuscitate Hamlin by performing CPR and using a defibrillator. Since then, he has been cleared to return to the field by several doctors.

As part of HOPE Week, the Yankees will conduct a CPR workout at Yankee Stadium on Monday. Here are the details:

The Yankees will honor Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin to kick off the 14th annual HOPE Week. Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo will be among the contingent of Yankees players participating in CPR training on the Yankee Stadium lawn with Sarah Taffet, the American Heart Association and City Public School Athletic Leagues staff of New York (PSAL). Taffet is a former softball player at Fordham University who was resuscitated during a game with CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED) by a Fordham athletic trainer and other medical professionals on October 3, 2021. After the event, the Participants will have lunch served by the Hard Rock Cafe and enjoy a private tour of the stadium before watching batting practice take place on the field. Hamlin and Taffet will throw out the ceremonial first pitches to the Yankees’ training staff.

Hamlin, 25, spoke before Congress in March and supported the “AED Access Act,” which would increase defibrillator training and availability in schools. Hamlin accepted the Community Award at the NFL Awards Ceremony in February.

Fuente: CBS Sports

2023-06-29 18:22:54
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