Only in San Fran does this get support.....suicide jumpers off the Golden Gate may soon get a net to save them from themselves. The fact that some have made the plunge and lived has led to flow of support for some netting to "save" suicide jumpers. I get that many are troubled souls only requiring a dose of expensive meds to turn their lives around. But come on......$50m for the net?
I say let em do as they please. Won't they just find other ways?
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It took 70 years of tireless advocacy, countless studies on mental health issues and the lost lives of more than 1,300 people, but supporters of a suicide barrier on Golden Gate Bridge finally celebrated a victory in October when the bridge district approved plans for a suicide deterrent net to be installed under the iconic span.
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Kevin Hines, a San Francisco resident who has turned into one of the most visible advocates for a barrier after he survived a suicide attempt from the bridge in 2000, called the funding problems “extremely painful.”
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Less painful if he hadn't pointed his toes on the way down.....
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Fund...-52559197.html