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NEW ORLEANS — When New Orleans Saints safety Chris Reis emerged from a mass of humanity with a loose football in Super Bowl XLIV, it changed his life forever.

For Chris and Michael Reis, it turned out to be the “Recovery of a Lifetime,’’ a collaboration with author Mike Yorkey that depicts the inspirational journey of a Super Bowl hero son and his father’s battle against multiple addictions.

Chris Reis played a starring role in “Ambush,’’ the now famous recovered onside kick that helped spur the Saints to a 31-17 comeback victory against the Indianapolis Colts at Sun Life Stadium on Feb. 7, 2010.

On that moon-kissed night at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., it took 63 seconds for officials and players to peel off players from the dogpile and determine that Reis had out-wrestled a handful of Colts for the prized possession.

Reis said 18 teammates came off the Saints sideline to help uncover the pile.

That ball from “Ambush’’ is on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, symbolizing the earliest recovery of a onside kick in Super Bowl history.

To the Reises, it symbolizes much, much more.

Continue reading: Saints' Chris Reis had "Recovery of a Lifetime" | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

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