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Buffalo Billsradio broadcaster John Murphyis recovering from a stroke.
After a tough week for the NFL team followingthe hospitalizationof safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the organization announced that another one of its members has fallen ill.
“John Murphy suffered a stroke last weekend,” the teamshared in a statementposted on their Twitter account on Friday.
Before the team’s statement about Murphy on Friday, the organization announced that Hamlin is nowbreathing on his own and able to speak.
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Doctors removed Hamlin’s breathing tube overnight, the Billssaid Friday on Twitter. “Per the physicians at UCMC, Damar’s breathing tube was removed overnight,” they said. “He continues to progress remarkably in his recovery.”
The 24-year-old safety’s “neurologic function remains intact,” they added, “and he has been able to talk to his family and care team.”
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermottalso revealed that the team got to talk to Hamlin during a video call for the first time since his cardiac arrest.
McDermott said Hamlin “mainly"communicated with hand gestures during the call, but the safety was able to express his gratitude to teammates and Bills staff. “We were able to hear him say, ‘I love you boys,’ to the team and to the people in the room,” he revealed on Audacy’s WGR 550 SportsRadio show,The Extra Point with Sal & Joe.
source: people.com
