| The Buffalo Bills last Pre-Season Game turned out | | | | Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. His family assets |
| to have a special twist to it. Gibran Hamdan went | | | | and house were destroyed in the invasion. Family |
| 18 for 26 with 158 yards in a Bills 14-6 loss. He | | | | and friends were scattered. |
| also had two carries for 26 yards. I thought he | | | | The family stayed in San Diego and encouraged |
| looked like an NFL ready quarterback with a quick | | | | their sons to be Americans. Gibran's outlook about |
| release and coolness under fire. Sure, it was only | | | | the war has a special insight - an open minded |
| pre-season and when the real heat turns on he | | | | insight to the culture and the goodness in all |
| may need a little more seasoning. The real football | | | | people. |
| story on Hamdan may come in the future and | | | | Playing with Antwaan Randle-El at Indiana he was |
| today's story may be a highlight of the American | | | | drafted by the Redskins in 2003. He wound up in |
| Dream. | | | | NFL Europe after a few brief NFL stops. One |
| In this day of war and prejudice, it's hard to | | | | season he led the league passing for Amsterdam. |
| believe the NFL has a story like Gibran Hamdan. | | | | After a stop with the Dolphins, Hamdan is now |
| His father is a Palestinian and returned close to his | | | | with Buffalo. |
| home in 1984 as he took a job in Kuwait. His | | | | Hamdan's parents still live in the Washington, D.C., |
| mother is from Pakistan. So, at 3 years old Gibran | | | | area, where growing up in North Potomac, |
| moved from San Diego to Kuwait. As he grew up | | | | Maryland, and attended Bishop O'Connell High |
| there he played sports with other Americans. At | | | | School. His father works for the Nuclear |
| 9 years old, and on vacation back in San Diego, | | | | Regulatory Commission as a Nuclear Engineer. |