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Brittney Griner says she considered suicide during her first weeks in Russian prison

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Content Warning: This story contains depictions of suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255.

More than two years since the day that changed her life, Brittney Griner has provided her first account of her arrest in Russia and the horrors that followed.

Griner sat down for an hour-long interview with ABC's Robin Roberts ahead of the release of her memoir "Coming Home" on May 7, going through everything from her arrest at a Moscow airport for possession of a vape cartridge to her life in Russian prison to life back in the United States after her release.