Golden Gate Bridge has a suicide net
10 years ago by coolfella · 2829 Likes · 17 comments · Popular
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taeminnieah
· 10 years ago
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That makes me wanna jump there!
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guest
· 10 years ago
But people who seriously want to commit suicide will jump onto the net, then off the net
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victoria
· 10 years ago
No, they would jump on the net and realize how fun it is and start jumping all over the net
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guest
· 10 years ago
do they really think that's going to stop people from jumping...
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fucxen
· 10 years ago
I read somewhere that something like 90% of survivors who jumped off the golden gate bridge regret committing suicide when they were rescued
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deleted
· 10 years ago
I heard that too, that just makes me feel awful about the people who didn't survive and changed their mind
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grammar_nazi
· 10 years ago
I still want to know how the survivors were able to regret killing themselves.
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deleted
· 10 years ago
Wait, what?
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olivianope
· 10 years ago
I think that was from the documentary The Bridge. I tried to watch it a few years ago but couldn't get through it.
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deleted
· 10 years ago
Oh alright thanks!
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lyonstill
· 10 years ago
I realize this may sound heartless, but I live in the SF bay area but native born. If someone wants to kill themselves, they will. This was a huge waste of taxpapers money when we have roads to fix, people to feed and house and schools in disrepair. This makes me sick.
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ningo
· 10 years ago
I agree with you.I mean wooow they really did a good job on suicide prevention...I mean it's a start but it ain't gona help a lot.Better to teach people about respect and how to understand others than to "play" fisherman :/
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guest
· 10 years ago
Hi! I know an engineer who worked on this. After somebody jumps onto the net, it closes over them like a Venus fly trap until help arrives.
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guest
· 10 years ago
So then after it closes someone can jump and succeed
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wangji
· 10 years ago
Interesting info! Thanks for sharing
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summer
· 10 years ago
That's pretty cool I was wondering how it worked. I thought they could just roll off or something.
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deleted
· 9 years ago
They can still jump from the bridge then from the net....