UPDATE: Important news coming from Damar Hamlin's family

Damar Hamlin gave everybody a scare last night when he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field after a contact with Bengals' receiver Tee Higgins.

Earlier today, major details regarding his situation were shared and it's finally good news. Obviously the young man's not out of the woods yet, but his family still have an encouraging update.

From the expertise that were made today, it was reported that he suffered little lung damage but he's made progress since he's only using a ventilator at a 50% capacity. Which indicates major improvement from yesterday were the machine breathe for him completely.

The football world is still shook from last night's event, we're still sending prayers and positive energy in hopes that Damar makes a full recovery.

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