{"id":176348,"date":"2023-01-04T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/damar-hamlin-wanted-to-raise-2500-to-get-kids-toys-for-christmas-after-his-cardiac-arrest-on-the-field-his-fans-donated-millions\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T00:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:02:07","slug":"damar-hamlin-wanted-to-raise-2500-to-get-kids-toys-for-christmas-after-his-cardiac-arrest-on-the-field-his-fans-donated-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/damar-hamlin-wanted-to-raise-2500-to-get-kids-toys-for-christmas-after-his-cardiac-arrest-on-the-field-his-fans-donated-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Damar Hamlin wanted to raise $2,500 to get kids toys for Christmas. After his cardiac arrest on the field, his fans donated millions."},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the weeks leading up to his sudden collapse<\/span> During a game in Cincinnati on Monday night, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was focused on raising money to give children from his hometown toys for Christmas. Within hours of Hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and going into critical condition, his fans donated millions to the campaign. <\/p>\n

The fundraiser was created on GoFundMe on Dec. 14 to “positively impact children who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.” Donations made to the campaign are to help with the purchasing of toys for those children, according to the site, and toys were distributed on Dec. 22 to a day care center. <\/p>\n

He set a goal to raise $2,500 for the initiative. It’s unclear to CBS News just how much money had been raised prior to the toy distribution, but according to CBS Pittsburgh, more than $600,000 was raised by 10:30 pm on Monday.<\/p>\n