Leapers

[ManyBeers]

...I know this isn't a funny subject but this is funny:
Link

Survivors often regret their decision in midair, if not before. Ken Baldwin and Kevin Hines both say they hurdled over the railing, afraid that if they stood on the chord they might lose their courage. Baldwin was twenty-eight and severely depressed on the August day in 1985 when he told his wife not to expect him home till late. ?I wanted to disappear,? he said. ?So the Golden Gate was the spot. I?d heard that the water just sweeps you under.? On the bridge, Baldwin counted to ten and stayed frozen. He counted to ten again, then vaulted over. ?I still see my hands coming off the railing,? he said. As he crossed the chord in flight, Baldwin recalls, ?I instantly realized that everything in my life that I?d thought was unfixable was totally fixable?except for having just jumped.?

This is an interesting read too

 

[Nitemare]

hindsight is 20/20


but leaping from a bridge, it doesn't really matter...

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Watch the movie "The Bridge" if you dare. Very depressing. I downloaded it somewhere but had to delete it.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Watch the movie "The Bridge" if you dare. Very depressing. I downloaded it somewhere but had to delete it.

I just watched it. If you read the article in my first link. Kevin Hines is in that article and he is also in "The Bridge".

Baldwin clearly has a sense of humor about the unfortunate situation he found himself in.

 

[Train]

Isn't it true they have phones on the golden gate that go directly to suicide hotlines once picked up?

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: Train
Isn't it true they have phones on the golden gate that go directly to suicide hotlines once picked up?

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[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Train
Isn't it true they have phones on the golden gate that go directly to suicide hotlines once picked up?

Yes.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: Train
Isn't it true they have phones on the golden gate that go directly to suicide hotlines once picked up?

Text

*thinks about the poor dude that got frustrated with that sign cause he forgot his iphone's password, and after finally remembering it, realized that there was no # on the sign*

 

[Descartes]

I just read the whole article. That's depressing.

 

[MotionMan]

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

 

[Farang]

Similar in Washington with the Narrows Bridge. I remember there was someone who went to the top of the pillars and threatened to jump. He was convinced to come down, and on his way down he slipped and fell to his death on the pavement of the bridge. A friend of mine was fishing there and had a different body drift up next to his boat--he waved the searching firefighter's ship over to him to pick it up.

 

[Whitecloak]

good article.

 

[Greenman]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

Depends on how you look at it. The fellow with the show on KGO some years back (can't remember his name) jumped, he had a huge audience, so in that respect, yes, almost everyone knows someone that has jumped.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

I agree he is full of shit.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Greenman

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

Depends on how you look at it. The fellow with the show on KGO some years back (can't remember his name) jumped, he had a huge audience, so in that respect, yes, almost everyone knows someone that has jumped.

Knowing someone and knowing of someone is 2 different things.

 

[randay]

Even if this thread was about Lepers, it would still be damn depressing.

 

[Special K]

Those were very good articles.

 

[Slew Foot]

I still remember one of my first patients as a surgical intern.

30 something year old guy from Germany, spent all his money a plane ticket to SF so he could kill himself by jumping off the bridge. He got up there and lost his nerve, so he decided he'd just walk out into the bay and get swept away. While walking into the water he realized it was really cold and he decided to go back to shore. While walking out of the water he slipped on a rock and broke his leg. The last I saw him he was broke and stuck in the psych ward of SF general hospital with his leg in a cast.

 

[IGBT]

..few years back a jumper decided not to jump when he found out he was on the oakland bay bridge instead of the GG bridge. Nothing like getting your bridges screwed up.

 

[BoomerD]

I worked on a job retrofitting the San Mateo bridge for about 2 years. During that time, there were 4 or 5 jumpers.
One survived. He jumped from about 180 feet above the water, and missed one of our barges by less than 20 feet. We wondered if he was aiming for the barge...The crew saw him fall and hit the water. They called an emergency and one of our crewboats chased him down.
For those who don't know, when the tide is changing in SF Bay, it runs like a river...fast.(because it basically IS several rivers that feed into the bay, with one outlet.
I was running a boom truck in the receiving yard at the time, and got dispatched to hoist him (in a Stokes stretcher) from the boat to a waiting ambulance.
Last we heard, he had survived, but with several broken bones and quite a bit of internal damage. I don't know if he lived afterward or if he did, whether he tried again or not.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Farang
Similar in Washington with the Narrows Bridge. I remember there was someone who went to the top of the pillars and threatened to jump. He was convinced to come down, and on his way down he slipped and fell to his death on the pavement of the bridge. A friend of mine was fishing there and had a different body drift up next to his boat--he waved the searching firefighter's ship over to him to pick it up.

Too bad there aren't no suicide hotlines there since it's very far from any town or city. But if a person did try to jump the bridge, they'd more than likely drown since there are whirlpools underneath the bridge.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

The funny not found.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

I know someone who jumped twice. Survived the first time, but she did it again. 🙁

But yeah, I think that quote is an overstatement.

 

[skace]

?Absolutely no reason except I have a toothache.?

Hahaha. A sense of humor on your deathbed, fucking priceless.

Many people don?t look down first, and so those who jump from the north end of the bridge hit the land instead of the water they saw farther out.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Greenman

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area and has a lot of family and friends who still live there, I can tell you that this statement is utter bullsh*t.

Interesting subject. Idiot writer.

MotionMan

Depends on how you look at it. The fellow with the show on KGO some years back (can't remember his name) jumped, he had a huge audience, so in that respect, yes, almost everyone knows someone that has jumped.

I do not believe that I know the people I hear on the radio, see on TV, watch in movies or interact with only on the Internet.

MotionMan