Eric LeGrand talks Damar Hamlin, how training staffs saved their lives: 'Both of us wouldn’t be here today'

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Eric LeGrand was supporting his Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jan. 2 while watching the men's basketball team pull off a shocking upset of the Purdue Boilermakers, the No. 1 team in the NCAA at the time, when he started to get Twitter notifications about another game happening. 

It was the Buffalo Bills against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Damar Hamlin had just suffered cardiac arrest on the field following a kickoff return by Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, whose helmet went right through his chest during a tackle. 

Immediately, LeGrand thought what the rest of us did. 

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Former player Eric LeGrand listens in as Greg Schiano talks after being introduced as the new head football coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Dec. 4, 2019 in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

"Wow, what a horrific moment," he told Fox News Digital, reflecting on the moment he switched channels to ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcast, where Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and the rest of the crew were fighting back tears as no one knew what was going on with Hamlin. 

For LeGrand, the initial look of Hamlin laying on the turf hit him even harder. 

LeGrand's story has been well documented. He was in his junior season as a defensive lineman at Rutgers when he had a moment just as scary and tragic as Hamlin's. 

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During an October game against Army at MetLife Stadium in 2010, LeGrand unintentionally lowered his head to make a tackle and drove the crown of his helmet into the shoulder of the ball carrier. At that moment, he laid