Damar Hamlin has been recognized and honored a number of ways for the way he responded after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game in Cincinnati. On Sunday, he received an honor that hit close to home. Mayor Ed Gainey declared Sunday “Damar Hamlin Day” in the city of Pittsburgh. “This one meant a lot to me,” Hamlin wrote on Twitter. “Thank you Pittsburgh.” The city proclamation cited Hamlin, who grew up in McKee’s Rox and attended Central Catholic and Pitt before becoming a starting safety for the Buffalo Bills, as an inspiration to kids for his athletic career and also praised him for his charity work and efforts to raise awareness of the importance of CPR. Hamlin spent much of the weekend furthering that pursuit, taking part in multiple events as part of the Chasing M’s Foundation CPR Tour.

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