Dan Orlovsky from ESPN says that praying for Damar Hamlin in the air was “uncomfortable” but necessary
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More than 2 and a half years have passed since Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during a game.
“Thoughts and prayers” sounded on social networks, but the former NFL field marshal became the ESPN analyst, Dan Orlovsky, wanted to give them.
Dan Orlovsky before the Super Bowl among the Kansas City and Philadelphia Eagles bosses in State Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Ariz. (Carmen Mandate/Getty Images)
So, he did it the next day on live television.
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“I heard the Buffalo Bills organization say that ‘We believe in prayer’, and maybe this is not the right thing, but it is only in my heart, and I want to pray for Damar Hamlin at this time. I’m going to do it out loud. I’m going to close my eyes and bow my head, and I’m just going to pray for him,” said Olovsky.
“God, we arrive at you at the moment we do not understand, that they are difficult because we believe that you are God, and come to you and pray you have an impact. We are sad. We are angry. We want answers, but some things are not an answer. We only want to pray, really come to you and pray for force by Damar, by the healing of Damar, for the comfort of Damar. We are with his family to give him peace.”
Buffalo Bills fans have signs in support of the security of Buffalo Bills, Damar Hamlin, before a game between Bills and New England patriots in the Highmark Stadium on January 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York, New York. (Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
Orlovsky admitted the “horrible announcement” Podcast “was uncomfortable”, and contemplated whether to do it, knowing that the prayer “not for everyone.”
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“Everyone continues to say ‘thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers.’
After coming and going with him and his colleagues, he said that prayer on television, and “99.99999999%” of the reaction was positive.
“I received an email here and there or a text message here and beyond people who said it was not for them, not because of their cup of tea? Of course, I did it,” said Orlovsky. “But, overwhelmingly, I think many people simply connected and resonated with [them]”
Buffalo Bills players pray for their teammate Damar Hamlin during the first half of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2, 2023 in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Orlovsky also said he received an “overwhelmingly positive” reaction from his company.
“Again, I had nothing negative [feedback] Or setback or, you know, a wrist slap or any thing about that, “he said.
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Hamlin was in the hospital for approximately a week and could adapt to the first Bills game of the 2024 season, and has been a pillar in his defense since then.
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