Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

Damar Hamlin's family 'deeply moved' by showing of support

The family of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin released a statement on Tuesday afternoon sharing their thanks for the support Hamlin has received over the past 15 hours. 

Hamlin collapsed on the field during the first quarter of the Monday night game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. 

Updates have been scarce on Hamlin's status, other than the announcement from the Bills that he suffered a cardiac arrest and has been sedated in critical condition. A spokesperson for the Hamlin family appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday and said that Hamlin is "fighting" and that they are all just taking things minute by minute and hour by hour

Along with prayers and messages of support, a two-year-old GoFundMe that Hamlin created for a toy drive in his hometown of McKees Rocks, a small town just outside of Pittsburgh, has already received more than $3.5 million in new donations

Monday's game was postponed with the Bengals leading, 7-3, with under six minutes to play in the quarter. There has been no word on when the game will be continued. 

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