An online toy drive fundraiser started by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin topped $3 million in donations in the hours after the NFL star collapsed on the field during a game Monday night.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 11:33AM"Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the Bengals," the Bills said.An online toy drive fundraiser started by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin topped $3 million in donations in the hours after the NFL starThe 24-year-old is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest following a tackle during the first quarter of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin runs off the field after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, in Chicago.The fundraiser topped $74,000 just one hour after Hamlin's collapse and quickly grew to $2,033,270 just before 1 a.m. ET Tuesday, then soared to more than $3 million just an hour and twenty minutes later with more than 119,000 donations.
"Following his injury on the field tonight, fans across the country are showing their support for him and his family by donating to his fundraiser," GoFundMeBills fans -- nicknamed the Bills Mafia -- are known for having a charitable heart. In 2021, they celebrated their victory over the Baltimore Ravens by donating money to the favorite charity of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who the team lost in the third quarter due to concussion protocol.
And in the 2020 season, Bills fans donated more than a million dollars to a children's hospital after Bills quarterback Josh Allen's grandmother died,
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