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.