Information on self-harm at the Golden Gate Bridge
Special telephones on the Golden Gate Bridge link directly to suicide crisis hotlines.Sign promoting a 24/7 crisis text line on the Golden Gate BridgeGolden Gate Bridge as seen from below
Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,400 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.[1]
In 2013, 118 potential jumpers were talked down from their attempts and did not jump.[2] As of 2013[update], it is estimated that 34 people have survived after jumping.[3] Some die instantly from internal injuries, while others drown or die of hypothermia.[4]
A number of measures are in place to discourage people from jumping, including telephone hotlines and patrols by emergency personnel and bridge workers. Although it had previously been considered impractical to build a suicide barrier, in 2014, the bridge's directors approved a proposal for a net below the bridge's deck, extending out either side, rather than side barriers at the railings as had long been proposed.
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^Justin Worland (June 27, 2014). "The Golden Gate Bridge Is Getting Its First Suicide Nets". Time Inc. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015. In 2013, 46 people committed suicide by jumping off the bridge, while another 118 were talked down.
^Lucas, Scott (July 18, 2013). "Kevin Hines Is Still Alive". Modern Luxury. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^Edward Guthmann (October 30, 2005). "Lethal Beauty". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
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