http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031013fa_fact Suicide, and the Golden Gate Bridge. “Several people have crossed the Bay Bridge to jump from the Golden Gate; there is no record of anyone traversing the Golden Gate to leap from its unlovely sister bridge.”
(The four-foot rail. The article doesn’t mention it, but there are also signs on the bridge giving a number to call if you “need help,” or similar.) 13:07
jeffmilner.com (jeffmilner.com):
… More people choose to end their lives at the Golden Gate bridge than other other place in the world. A couple of years ago I read an article about this fact in the New Yorker titled,Jumpersby Tad Friend. The article inspired director Eric Steel to film the Golden Gate Bridge for a year. His film crew caught 23 suicides, missed one and also recorded a man saving a girl from jumping by grabbing her jacket and physically pulling her off …
Spread Eagle in NYC (spreadeagleinnyc.blogspot.com):
… came out on DVD last week, touting itself as “a visual and visceral journey into one of life's gravest taboos.” If you don't know the docu's background here's a crash course. Inspired by the article “Jumpers: The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge,” director Eric Steel and his crew spent all of 2004 documenting suicides at the fateful landmark. By the end of their time, they had captured 19 plunges and interviewed countless grieving family members. …
Bella Leone™ (www.bellaleone.com):
… Every two weeks, on average, someone jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. It is the worldís leading suicide location. …
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