Funny & Travels AhBoon | 09 Dec 2007 01:09 am
Suicide Hotline on Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a frequent site for suicide. An official suicide count was kept, sorted according to which of the bridge’s 128 lamp posts the jumper was nearest to when he or she jumped. The count exceeded 1,200 when the count ended in 2005, and new suicides were averaging one every two weeks.
Various methods have been proposed and implemented to reduce the number of suicides.
The bridge is fitted with suicide hotline telephones, but…..
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on 22 Jan 2008 at 6:02 am 1.PKH said …
AND FOR A REAL THRILL CALL THE NUMBER AND SEE WHAT KIND OF CRISIS COUNSELING YOU RECEIVE.
ONCE A WEEK SOMEONE TRIES TO KILL THEMSELVES AT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND ABOUT EVER SEVEN DAYS SOMEONE SUCCEEDS.
NOT ONLY DO THEY DESTROY THEMSELVES BUT FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND SCARED FOREVER.
CLOSE THE WALKWAY END ACCESS
on 26 Sep 2008 at 8:02 pm 2.best man said …
Man this is depressing!
I dont know what to say to this! I think we are running out of real humans!