It’s a public-safety issue.
Since just before the 1,000th suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge, the media have been downplaying jumpers. Its good not to glamorize it and entice people into killing themselves, but we still need to hear about some things. Read this article when you have time. Its well written and is very interesting.The New Yorker: Fact
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i think they installed an anti-suicide net or something recently. that bridge is a $5 toll. rip off. i'd kill myself too
http://sfgate.com/lethalbeauty/
I think that people would probably just jump off something else...at least this a romantic way to go...here's nice series from last fall that tells some more of the stories...(they're only stories that anyone cares about BECAUSE of the Golden Gate Bridge, by the way-- you get a much better legacy if you take a dive of the GGB, it's like a fraternity.)
Ah, those are some great suicide notes. "I only had a toothache." How grim. Anyway, anyone look at the suicides by year? Odd, but it runs almost inverse of the economy, as far as I can remember off the top of my head anyway.
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