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From 10 to Ben: Former Steelers special teams player Reggie Harrison came close to ending his life

Reggie Harrison’s memory isn’t good with dates, but the visions can still be crisp. He has placed the lowest moment of his life sometime near the mid-1980s: A young man standing at Hains Point, where the Potomac River meets the Washington Channel in our nation’s capital, leaning over the precipice of a tragic decision.

“I fought the devil twice,” said Harrison, 65, who changed his name to Kamal Salaam-El to honor his Moorish heritage. “I got so despondent that I wanted to end it all. I came close to doing what Junior Seau did, what Ray Easterling did.