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Bills, Bengals Fans Gather Outside Hospital to Show Support for Damar Hamlin

Bills star wide receiver Stefon Diggs also showed up at the hospital

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Bengals and Bills fans gathered outside of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center late Monday night to show support for Bills safety Damar Hamlin.

Hamlin is in critical condition at the hospital following a scary scene during Monday Night Football.

The 24-year-collapsed on the field in the first quarter of the Bills-Bengals game after colliding with Cincinnati wideout Tee Higgins. Hamlin was administered CPR by medical personnel before being taken away in an ambulance.

The game was initially temporarily suspended before being postponed about an hour later. The Bills later announced that Hamlin had suffered a cardiac arrest and that he was sedated and in critical condition.

Some fans then made the roughly four-mile trip from Paycor Stadium to the UC Medical Center, with others who weren't even at the game showing up as well.

Bills star wide receiver Stefon Diggs also showed up at the hospital. ESPN's Coley Harvey spoke with Diggs, who expressed "how much he needed to be here."

Harvey said Diggs was stopped by a cop while trying to enter the hospital. Diggs then told the cop how he needed to be there for his teammate before being allowed in.

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