Damar Hamlin Is Awake , and Showing ‘Substantial Improvement’.<br />'People' reports that the Buffalo Bills <br />made the announcement on Jan. 5. .<br />According to Hamlin's agent, the safety <br />has been holding hands and <br />communicating with family members.<br />We had significant concern about him after the injury and after the event that happened on the field, but he has made substantial improvement, UCMC physician Timothy Pritts, via NPR.<br />He expressed surprise that he had not been with the world for a couple days and we talked about the support from the team and really the world for him and his family at the time, UCMC physician William Knight IV, via NPR.<br />While Hamlin is still considered to be in <br />critical condition, the doctors referred to the <br />past 24 hours as a "good turning point.".<br />The game in which Hamlin was injured and went into cardiac arrest has been postponed.<br />The game in which Hamlin was injured and went into cardiac arrest has been postponed.<br />According to one of Hamlin's doctors, when the 24-year-old first awoke, he asked, "Did we win?".<br />The doctors told him, "You won at the game of life."
