It was already Tuesday in Sydney, Australia, but Jessica Pegula was watching “Monday Night Football” on her phone on Jan. 3 as she waited to go on court at the United Cup. Suddenly, she felt the same sickening fear many football fans had that day, but perhaps with more resonance.
On her small device, she witnessed Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, collapsing on the turf and saw the frantic moments as paramedics attempted to revive him and bundled him into an ambulance after his heart stopped beating.
She knew how critical each one of those seconds was for Hamlin, who eventually made a remarkable recovery.