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@ whoever was filming that and the people who jumped. COME ON man....
Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Jumpers
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hulu has the whole thing. sad empowering, enlightening film
http://www.hulu.com/watch/95971/the-bridge
http://www.hulu.com/watch/95971/the-bridge
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I watched this a couple years back and hat guy in all black was super depressed. Always mentioning suicide for years before this happened.
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why dont they make bigger fences/railings?
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Originally Posted by filipin0y
peep the kicks....
dude probably got Demoded
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Originally Posted by KIDFLY SniperElite007
Originally Posted by filipin0y
peep the kicks....
.. ML your crazy man
dude probably got Demoded
still lookin for a pair...
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Originally Posted by hella handsome
no sympathy. im sorry.
Me too.. seems pretty selfish to me but that's just me
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Sad stuff.
Mental illness/serious depression is some crazy stuff. Some people who have never been through it or don't know anyone who has suffered from it, seem to think they should instantly "get happy". It doesn't work like that. It's sad that they think this is the only or easiest way out of it.
Mental illness/serious depression is some crazy stuff. Some people who have never been through it or don't know anyone who has suffered from it, seem to think they should instantly "get happy". It doesn't work like that. It's sad that they think this is the only or easiest way out of it.
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[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Saw this documentary several times.[/color]
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its hard to understand anything about these matters.....
awful
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Originally Posted by KIDFLY SniperElite007
Originally Posted by filipin0y
peep the kicks...
GOLDENARMZ...
Somebody call this dudes house pronto so we know he's still around...word to all that depression/suicidal talk he had on his twitter
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filipin0y:peep the kicks....
"My man, let's get yo back up here one step at a time. First step, remove your shoes and let's get them up here."
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ya'll are cold with these jokes
GArmz ain't even that dark.
GArmz ain't even that dark.
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I dont understand though lets say someone pushed you into the river or if someone dives over and does the proper form hands first body straight etc how do they survive.
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Looks interesting......
*posting 4 later*
*posting 4 later*
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If you land feet first and keep yourself straight there's a chance you could break your legs but survive. Landing any other way will probably kill you.
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No lie...read about some 1 going off at least once a week, signs all over saying life is worth living
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Suicides
As a suicide prevention initiative, this sign promotes a special telephone available on the bridge that connects to a crisis hotline.
The Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular place to commit suicide in the United States[sup][42][/sup] and is one of the most popular in the world.[sup][43][/sup] The deck is approximately 245 feet (75 m) above the water.[sup][44][/sup] After a fall of approximately four seconds, jumpers hit the water at some 76 miles per hour (122 km/h). At such a speed, water has proven to take on the properties similar but not equal to concrete. Because of this, most jumpers die on their immediate contact with the water. The few who survive the initial impact generally drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water.
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 averaging one every two weeks.[sup][45][/sup] 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.[sup][46][/sup] 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.[sup][47][/sup]
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.[sup][45][/sup] 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 man survived a jump in 1979, swam to shore, and drove himself to a hospital. The impact cracked several of his vertebrae.[sup][48][/sup]
Engineering professor Natalie Jeremijenko, as part of her Bureau of Inverse Technology art collective, created a "Despondency Index" by correlating the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the number of jumpers detected by "Suicide Boxes" containing motion-detecting cameras, which she claimed to have set up under the bridge.[sup][49][/sup] The boxes purportedly recorded 17 jumps in three months, far greater than the official count. The Whitney Museum, although questioning whether Jeremijenko's suicide-detection technology actually existed, nevertheless included her project in its prestigious Whitney Biennial.[sup][5![0]](/styles/default/xenforo/NTemojis/alien.gif "Alien 0]")
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Various methods have been proposed and implemented to reduce the number of suicides. The bridge is fitted with suicide hotline telephones, and staff patrol the bridge in carts, looking for people who appear to be planning to jump. Iron workers on the bridge also volunteer their time to prevent suicides by talking or wrestling down suicidal people.[sup][51][/sup] The bridge is now closed to pedestrians at night. Cyclists are still permitted across at night, but must be buzzed in and out through the remotely controlled security gates.[sup][52][/sup] Attempts to introduce a suicide barrier had been thwarted by engineering difficulties, high costs, and public opposition.[sup][53][/sup] One recurring proposal had been to build a barrier to replace or augment the low railing, a component of the bridge's original architectural design. New barriers have eliminated suicides at other landmarks around the world, but were opposed for the Golden Gate Bridge for reasons of cost, aesthetics, and safety (the load from a poorly designed barrier could significantly affect the bridge's structural integrity during a strong windstorm).
Strong appeals for a suicide barrier, fence, or other preventive measures were raised once again by a well-organized vocal minority of psychiatry professionals, suicide barrier consultants, and families of jumpers after the release of the controversial 2006 documentary film The Bridge, in which filmmaker Eric Steel and his production crew spent one year (2004) filming the bridge from several vantage points, capturing a number of suicide jumps, most notably that of Gene Sprague as well as a handful of thwarted attempts. The film also contained interviews with surviving family members of those who jumped; interviews with witnesses; and, in one segment, an interview with Kevin Hines who, as a 19-year-old in 2000, survived a suicide plunge from the span and is now a vocal advocate for some type of bridge barrier or net to prevent such incidents from occurring.
On October 10, 2008, the Golden Gate Bridge Board of Directors voted 14 to 1 to install a plastic-covered stainless-steel net below the bridge as a suicide deterrent. The net will extend 20 feet (6 m) on either side of the bridge and is expected to cost $40–50 million to complete.[sup][54][/sup][sup][55][/sup] However, lack of funding could delay the net's construction.[sup][56][/sup]
As a suicide prevention initiative, this sign promotes a special telephone available on the bridge that connects to a crisis hotline.
The Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular place to commit suicide in the United States[sup][42][/sup] and is one of the most popular in the world.[sup][43][/sup] The deck is approximately 245 feet (75 m) above the water.[sup][44][/sup] After a fall of approximately four seconds, jumpers hit the water at some 76 miles per hour (122 km/h). At such a speed, water has proven to take on the properties similar but not equal to concrete. Because of this, most jumpers die on their immediate contact with the water. The few who survive the initial impact generally drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water.
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 averaging one every two weeks.[sup][45][/sup] 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.[sup][46][/sup] 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.[sup][47][/sup]
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.[sup][45][/sup] 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 man survived a jump in 1979, swam to shore, and drove himself to a hospital. The impact cracked several of his vertebrae.[sup][48][/sup]
Engineering professor Natalie Jeremijenko, as part of her Bureau of Inverse Technology art collective, created a "Despondency Index" by correlating the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the number of jumpers detected by "Suicide Boxes" containing motion-detecting cameras, which she claimed to have set up under the bridge.[sup][49][/sup] The boxes purportedly recorded 17 jumps in three months, far greater than the official count. The Whitney Museum, although questioning whether Jeremijenko's suicide-detection technology actually existed, nevertheless included her project in its prestigious Whitney Biennial.[sup][5
[/sup]Various methods have been proposed and implemented to reduce the number of suicides. The bridge is fitted with suicide hotline telephones, and staff patrol the bridge in carts, looking for people who appear to be planning to jump. Iron workers on the bridge also volunteer their time to prevent suicides by talking or wrestling down suicidal people.[sup][51][/sup] The bridge is now closed to pedestrians at night. Cyclists are still permitted across at night, but must be buzzed in and out through the remotely controlled security gates.[sup][52][/sup] Attempts to introduce a suicide barrier had been thwarted by engineering difficulties, high costs, and public opposition.[sup][53][/sup] One recurring proposal had been to build a barrier to replace or augment the low railing, a component of the bridge's original architectural design. New barriers have eliminated suicides at other landmarks around the world, but were opposed for the Golden Gate Bridge for reasons of cost, aesthetics, and safety (the load from a poorly designed barrier could significantly affect the bridge's structural integrity during a strong windstorm).
Strong appeals for a suicide barrier, fence, or other preventive measures were raised once again by a well-organized vocal minority of psychiatry professionals, suicide barrier consultants, and families of jumpers after the release of the controversial 2006 documentary film The Bridge, in which filmmaker Eric Steel and his production crew spent one year (2004) filming the bridge from several vantage points, capturing a number of suicide jumps, most notably that of Gene Sprague as well as a handful of thwarted attempts. The film also contained interviews with surviving family members of those who jumped; interviews with witnesses; and, in one segment, an interview with Kevin Hines who, as a 19-year-old in 2000, survived a suicide plunge from the span and is now a vocal advocate for some type of bridge barrier or net to prevent such incidents from occurring.
On October 10, 2008, the Golden Gate Bridge Board of Directors voted 14 to 1 to install a plastic-covered stainless-steel net below the bridge as a suicide deterrent. The net will extend 20 feet (6 m) on either side of the bridge and is expected to cost $40–50 million to complete.[sup][54][/sup][sup][55][/sup] However, lack of funding could delay the net's construction.[sup][56][/sup]
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Those shots from the shore were you see the splash were crazy. And it's bugged how casual and nonchalant most of those ppl seemed.
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Whatever term you like. Obvious troll is not so obvious.
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Isn't there sharks in that bay? Is the Aokigahara in japan a bridge like the GG?
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LMAOOOriginally Posted by filipin0y
peep the kicks....
He must of got banned by NT and couldnt take it anymore.
