(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in front of University of Cincinnati Medical Center staff during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. Damar Hamlin will put the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe campaign by well-wishers after his on-field collapse into his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation.
The decision, first shared with The Associated Press Monday, May 8, 2023, is a first step in the 25-year-old’s plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a Monday night football game in January. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New York City, NY) Damar Hamlin, a Pittsburgh native and NFL football player, was named one of the top 100 people that are the most influential in health this week, according to TIME magazine. Hamlin got a cardiac arrest during an NFL football game in 2022. Hamlin was someone who supported the Access to AEDs Act. This act makes sure that secondary and elementary schools have automated external defibrillators through government funding.