Many fellow NFL players and teams and others in the sports world quickly offered their support and prayers on social media for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who the NFL said was in critical condition after being transported to a hospital after collapsing on the field during Monday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

We now know Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field, and a swath of medical experts and sports medicine professionals have offered their own views on what happened. Euguene Robinson, one of the current co-hosts of “Charlotte Today” on WCNC Charlotte, is an NFL alum himself. He sat down with Carolyn Bruck to share his own perspective after time on the turf.

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So let's get the perspective of of of That because that perspective is very Important and you are the one who can Give us that Charlotte today is Eugene Robinson you played in the NFL for 16 Seasons yes Um It was an emotional night for everybody You have been in situations Um where this happens not this exact Thing but where something devastating Happens on the field yes typically like A routine hit I mean I've made that Tackle hundreds of times and I've walked Away and gotten up but something's Different from like when you tell your ACL or you you tear hamstring or Something like that something's a little Bit different because when he fell Backwards that was strange for everyone On the field because that's not supposed To happen when you get up and so when You saw that we knew as players that There is something going on there's some Trauma going on and we need to get him Some help immediately and then you feel For that don't forget he's in that Locker room he's in the meeting room There's a Brotherhood with the safeties There's a communication that's unset Nuance idiosyncrasies that you know and Now that your brother is hurt it Everything stops everything stops Because you got to make sure that he's

Going to be okay right and the game of Football is no longer important this is About a human a person's life a 24 year Old who I think you know the the Sentiment is as a football player I'm Not one you are but but I think I can It's safe to say you go up there you Play your heart out you play hard you're Aggressive but the one thing that you All have in common is you want to go Home to your families exactly and you're Absolutely right because everyone plays Heart and when you saw all the the Players on the field from Cincinnati and Uh the bills is that we share the same Common thing we all want to play hard But we know that we're vulnerable and That you can be jeopardized at some Point in time you can jeopardize your Career because you're hurt and when we Saw that everyone stopped and took Moment because they know that that could Be themselves and they could see Themselves in that and so that's why Everything stops we say look what do we Have to do and everybody's taking the Need to pray I mean The thing is this change what will Change from this because yes is this is This a freak a freak accident so to Speak yes it's rare you just heard Vanessa speak on that but it there is a Chance that it can happen there is a Risk

Um and risk is what you guys deal with On that field you go into it knowing That something bad could happen yes but Let me just commend the the National Football League because I know they Would want to go ahead and play the game This is an important game it's going to Like determine who's first that did not Matter at all they stopped the entire Proceeds of that that was great that was One of the pretty that's one of The Shining Moments and now I would think The back end of it of what they're going To do and trying to find out from Doctors how can they prevent things like This happening maybe there is equipment A device that you can do maybe it's Something that you can put on to add on To your equipment right or to show to Pass I bet you every part of that They're going to be looking into that to See how they can mitigate and change the Outcome we saw last night and I think Just as fans we need to realize is that This is this is a game we love we are so Um tied to it it's part of who we are But we have to remember that this is Entertainment for us but this is life And death in certain cases for the Players and I was great it was so good To see that fans showed up to the Hospital you saw bills and Bengals fast Showed up to hospital to go ahead and Support one of the comrades and armed

Who was who's Fallen if you will and so I love seeing that because the fans knew That this is far beyond a football game This is about someone's life when you Play the football game of football you Expect to go home right and then have That in Jeopardy is very very scary Eugene Robinson thank you so much your Insight always always valuable

History of Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina, is the largest city in North Carolina. It is also one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States. Founded in 1768, Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County in the Piedmont region. This broad band of rolling hills extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the west and includes the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In the early twentieth century, Charlotte became a hub of manufacturing industries. The arrival of the railroad allowed Charlotte to become part of the national economy. With the introduction of electric power, Charlotte grew to become a key trading and industrial center for the Piedmont textile region.

By the late 1890s, cotton was still the mainstay of the local economy. Cotton mills were built in several locations in the area, including Clarkson Street, Twelfth and Brevard, Eleventh and Graham, and the Victor and Ada cotton mills. During this period, other factories produced gunpowder, canteens, and chemicals.

Charlotte also benefited from the influx of new immigrants, mainly Southern families. Many of these people moved to Charlotte without jobs.

A gold rush ushered in more industry to Charlotte, bringing engineers, metallurgists, and other experts to the city. Charlotte became a trading center and became an important railroad junction.

The city continued to grow after the Civil War. Several hundred refugees flooded Charlotte in the closing months of the war. Stonewall Jackson’s widow stayed on to become the city’s leading citizen for many years.

After the Civil War, Charlotte entered into an era of prosperity. Charlotte was the hub of eight rail lines during the New South boom. During this period, Charlotte’s business community bridged the gap between the industrialized north and the less industrialized south.