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By Tom Williams
Posted March 30, 2023 at 7:30am

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field during a “Monday Night Football” game in January, walks outside the Capitol on Wednesday before a news conference on legislation that aims to improve access to defibrillators in schools.

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