Suicides on Golden Gate bridge, charted by location

Randy · 11-02-2005, 04:31 AM

A map/chart of the suicide tally of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, a magnet for jumpers since it opened in 1937 — click for bigness:

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 11-02-2005, 04:40 AM

Cool map...kind of depressing, the number of people who pointlessly committed suicide...

mondine · 11-02-2005, 01:02 PM

I'm surprised that so many were over land. Ouch.

Doesn't this defeat the purpose of jumping off a bridge?
May as well pick a nice tall building, and get an interesting view on the way down.

But I guess it only matters for a second.

markhutch · 11-02-2005, 10:51 PM

Wow, that many? I had no idea. Interesting map of where they jumped.

darrenstraight · 11-09-2005, 05:35 PM

Thanks for the map Randy, I've only been to the Golden Gate bridge once in my life, not counting the ammount of time I've gone to it in video games and its really great to see it's just a shame about the jumps!

maria_rilke · 05-22-2008, 03:15 PM

Wow

Well I'll never see Golden Gate the same way again. And these are only the ones that were reported. There must be more that weren't in the records.

kirsten_f · 05-22-2008, 09:16 PM

the news about suicides saddens me.

if only they have enough strength to get through their problems. or maybe seek help from someone

jabo · 05-22-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kirsten_f

the news about suicides saddens me.

if only they have enough strength to get through their problems. or maybe seek help from someone

Well there are agencies and hot lines for those who are depressed, or those who are considering suicide. But they are really not reaching people with that very much...

maria_rilke · 05-25-2008, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirsten_f

the news about suicides saddens me.

if only they have enough strength to get through their problems. or maybe seek help from someone

the truth is that the world is beautiful and people are happy

the other truth is that the world is ugly and people are sad

jabo · 05-25-2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maria_rilke

the truth is that the world is beautiful and people are happy

the other truth is that the world is ugly and people are sad

That makes sense??? So one part of your life or some one else is living the beautiful truth and one is suffering the ugly and sad world....

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Randy Google Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Suicides on Golden Gate bridge, charted by location A map/chart of the suicide tally of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, a magnet for jumpers since it opened in 1937 — click for bigness:

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mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I'm surprised that so many were over land. Ouch. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of jumping off a bridge? May as well pick a nice tall building, and get an interesting view on the way down. But I guess it only matters for a second. __________________

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