Damar Hamlin helps teach Yankees CPR class six months after on-field cardiac arrest

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin helps lead CPR training at Yankee Stadium on Monday, July 3, 2023.

The New York Yankees honored Damar Hamlin as part of the 14th edition of their HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere and Excel) on Monday.

Hamlin has become a household name, but it didn't exactly occur the way he had hoped. The Buffalo Bills safety went into cardiac arrest after making a routine tackle on Jan. 2 on "Monday Night Football." Trainers administered CPR for nine minutes on the then-24-year-old, and when he was first admitted into the hospital, he was in critical condition.

But six months and a day later, he's spreading awareness on what saved his life.

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Members of the Yankees meet with Damar Hamlin. (Ryan Morik/Fox News Digital)

Hamlin, members of the American Heart Association and NYC Public School Athletic Leagues, and Sarah Taffet, a former Fordham softball player who, too, needed CPR during a game after she was tagged in the chest, made the trip to the Bronx to teach CPR to members the Yankees.

The safety has been in the spotlight more and more since the incident – he recently threw out the first pitch at a game for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, and will do the same before Monday night's Yankees game. He will also be honored at the ESPY Awards, appeared on "The Masked Singer," and made the trip to the NFL Honors in February, just a month after the scary moment.

This, of course, is coupled with the fact that he practiced with his team at OTAs several weeks ago.

However, teaming up with the Yankees could have an impact unlike any other, Hamlin says.

"For them to take the time out in the middle of their stretch, to come out here and learn CPR, people