LOOK: Bills' Damar Hamlin Meets with President Joe Biden at White House
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin continues to make his runs around Capitol Hill.
After speaking in Washington D.C. on Wednesday in support of new CPR-related legislation, Hamlin took some time on Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden himself, as the two were seen chatting with one another at the White House.
Biden shared the interaction on Twitter and had a heartfelt message for Hamlin.
"Damar Hamlin’s courage, resilience, and spirit inspired the American people," Biden tweeted. "And what's more: he turned recovery into action – and our country is better for it. It was my honor to have him and his family here today."
Hamlin and his family are visiting Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. this week to show support for the Access to AEDs Act. The House introduced the new legislation on Wednesday, which would allow elementary and secondary schools to receive the proper funding to introduce automated external defibrillators (AED) and CPR programs, giving children easier access to potentially life-saving information and equipment within their schools in case of an emergency.
After Hamlin suffered on-field cardiac arrest against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2, President Biden visited with Hamlin's family two days after the scary incident.
After that January visit, when speaking with reporters, Biden addressed the violent nature of the sport, citing recent efforts to make the sport safer while adding that it is simply "dangerous and you've got to just acknowledge it."
"You've got guys that are 6-foot-8, 340 pounds running a 4.8 40, hit somebody with that kind of force — now that's not what happened here," Biden said. "I don't know how you avoid it. I think working like hell on the helmets and the concussion protocols, that all makes a lot of sense. But it is dangerous and you've got to just acknowledge it."
But now almost three months removed from his health scare, Hamlin continues to inspire while raising awareness so others can avoid similar health scares like the one that nearly took his life on that Monday night in Cincinnati.
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