A moment of tension was experienced this Sunday in the NFL after the Buffalo Bills player, Taylor Rapp suffered a shocking neck injury during the game against the New York Jetswhich forced him to leave the field in an ambulance, generating great concern among those present.
The alarms went off in the second quarter of the game, after a play in which a pass was defended. Rapp twisted his neck after colliding head-to-head with teammate Taron Johnson when they both tried to stop rival Breece Hallañ.
After the collision, the defensive back initially remained standing, however He grabbed his neck and then brought his hands to the head area and was thrown to the grass. where he received immediate help from the Bills paramedics.
His companions gathered around, kneeling on the grass and After several minutes he was immobilized and loaded into an ambulance.
When he was admitted on a stretcher to the ambulance, Rapp could be seen repeatedly opening and closing his left hand.
The Bills have not announced a specific injury for Rapp. The player remained for several minutes inside Highmark Stadium, home of his team, aboard the ambulance ready to be transferred to the hospital.
While the doctors worked on Taylor Rapp, from the bench, Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest last January, watched the scene with concern.
Hamlin was not equipped for this game, but he is remembered because earlier in the year, in a game against the Bengals the previous season He suffered cardiac arrest on the field of play after receiving a blow to the chest from an opponent.
After spending a couple of weeks in intensive care, Hamlin recovered and was slowly brought back to life this season with the Bills.
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