[kellyhound]

[carsonsmommy]

god bless em all to have to end their lives this happens all the time and everywere it sux my brother did this and i miss him so much

[gimlet]

Here is info from Wikipedia, some lady survived jumping off the bridge and jumped again to finish the job. Who loves you more than Gimlet?

More people die by suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge than at any other site in the world.[52] The deck is approximately 245 feet (75 m) above the water.[53] After a fall of approximately four seconds, jumpers hit the water at around 75 mph or approximately 120 km/h. Most jumpers die from impact trauma on contact with the water. The few who survive the initial impact generally drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water.

Most suicidal jumps occur on the side facing the bay. The side facing the Pacific is accessible only by bicycle.[54]

An official suicide count was kept, sorted according to which of the bridge's 128 lamp posts the jumper was nearest when he or she jumped. By 2005, this count exceeded 1,200 and new suicides were occurring about once every two weeks.[31] For comparison, the reported second-most-popular place to commit suicide in the world, Aokigahara Forest in Japan, has a record of 78 bodies, found within the forest in 2002, with an average of 30 a year.[55] There were 34 bridge-jump suicides in 2006 whose bodies were recovered, in addition to four jumps that were witnessed but whose bodies were never recovered, and several bodies recovered suspected to be from bridge jumps. The California Highway Patrol removed 70 apparently suicidal people from the bridge that year.[56]

There is no accurate figure on the number of suicides or successful jumps since 1937, because many were not witnessed. People have been known to travel to San Francisco specifically to jump off the bridge, and may take a bus or cab to the site; police sometimes find abandoned rental cars in the parking lot. Currents beneath the bridge are very strong, and some jumpers have undoubtedly been washed out to sea without ever being seen. The water may be as cold as 47 °F (8 °C).

The fatality rate of jumping is roughly 98%. As of 2006, only 26 people are known to have survived the jump.[31] Those who do survive strike the water feet-first and at a slight angle, although individuals may still sustain broken bones or internal injuries. One young woman, Sara Birnbaum, survived, but returned to jump again and died the second time.[citation needed] One young man survived a jump in 1979, swam to shore, and drove himself to a hospital. The impact cracked several of his vertebrae.[57] On March 10, 2011, 17 year-old Luhe “Otter” Vilagomez from Windsor High School in Windsor, California survived a jump from the bridge, breaking his tailbone and puncturing one lung, though saying his attempt was for "fun" and not suicide.[58]

[gimlet]

Here is a sign on the bridge enticing would be jumpers to call a crisis hotline. Must not be too effective. An offer for free hookers and blow might be more efective. Who wants to talk to a busy body social worker type when they are despondent? Would DR contributors be good at answering the phonelines? "go ahead, make yourself crab food, you selfish cunt!"

[michmi]

Originally Posted by carsonsmommy ↗

god bless em all to have to end their lives this happens all the time and everywere it sux my brother did this and i miss him so much

I'm sorry for your loss, it has to be hard.

[BeningtonFox]

I was hoping for some one to climb all the way to the top.

[Leiatard]

Sad.

[ices]

No apes?


Could swear I just saw a movie about them trashing the place.

[Gold-V-66]

very sad

[Hoppynz]

I live in Melbourne where we have the Westgate Bridge. For years it was a popular suicide spot, I personally witnessed two while driving. It wasn't until some whacko threw his 4 year old daughter over the edge that the govt. finally put in a massive anti-suicide fence. Of course sadly this doesn't stop the suicide rate...