Buffalo Bills return opening kickoff for touchdown in first play since Damar Hamlin's collapse

The Buffalo Bills returned to the field Sunday for the first time since safety Damar Hamlin suffered an on-field cardiac arrest, and in a play that seemed plucked from a movie, returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in front of a packed house filled with tens of thousands of fans who erupted in celebration.

On the first play of the game against the New England Patriots, running back Nyheim Hines took the kickoff 96 yards to the house to give Buffalo an early 7-0 lead.

Shortly before the game got underway, Hamlin, who made his first public comment on Saturday, tweeted a photo of himself and family preparing to watch the matchup from his hospital bed. He followed that up shortly after the opening touchdown with another tweet: