
The inspiring story of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and his road back to football after nearly dying on the field last January will be turned into a feature film documentary. Did We Win will highlight the player’s miraculous recovery since stunning the NFL when he collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game last January, after sustaining a blow to the chest.
As his teammates wept, things looked dire as the game stopped for 10 minutes as shocked viewers watched medical personnel administer CPR and an AED on the field to get Hamlin’s heart beating again.
Aside from the awareness that Hamlin has brought to sudden cardiac arrest, Hamlin might get an opportunity for the ultimate on-field redemption tonight when the Buffalo Bills play the New York Jets. Hamlin is expected to suit up and might play this evening, remarkable in that he nearly died on the field.
Did We Win will be directed by Clay Tweel (Gleason), produced by Beau Flynn and his FlynnPictureCo, and executive produced by Scott Sheldon of FPC, Steve Michaels and Jodi Flynn of Asylum Entertainment Group (part of Endeavor’s nonscripted content group), Jordon Rooney of Jaster Athletes, and Shannon Riggs from Parkside Films. Skydance Sports and NFL Films also will executive produce.
They’ve already been filming Hamlin since his immediate treatment in hospital and as he adjusted to life after the accident, capturing both his return to professional football and his expanding philanthropic efforts. Hamlin has used his near-death experience as a platform to create awareness of commotio cordis, a leading cause of death in young athletes and something that happens when cardiac arrest occurs after a blow to the chest. It induces a potentially lethal heart-rhythm disturbance, or arrhythmia, called ventricular fibrillation. If a player gets the expert treatment Hamlin received, the condition doesn’t have to be fatal, but there isn’t enough awareness in all of the organized football being played in the U.S., and young players die. Hamlin has taken it upon himself to use his platform to stop that from happening.