Golden Gate Bridge adds suicide-deterrent nets
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
- San Francisco authorities have added suicide-deterrent nets to the sides of the Golden Gate Bridge. The steel nets are designed to offer a second chance to those struggling with mental health issues. The installation has already shown progress, according to officials.
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“Your worst days prepare you for your best days”. That’s inspiring.
That's just trite and insipid. And, actually, isn't it a lot more accurate to say that "your best days prepare you for your worst days?"
That's total bs therapy talk 😂
Fishing for likes just shows your level of desperation for attention
Unless your worst day is your last day.
It's a nice platitude, but it doesn't really hold much weight. What if I'm already going through my best days?
You know what else is suicide deterrent? A stable economy, accessible mental healthcare, and government and businesses that don't take advantage of people. Let's add privacy and protection for children online as well.
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Also a decent culture. I guarantee most depression/suicides are caused by social media or toxic social standards
So make politicians and CEOs lose their leverage and money!? Never gonna happen.
Americans don't like this commie-positivity crap
And maybe, just maybe, if they're feeling really generous, we can work on the schooling systems too. But only if our overlords would feel so kind as to allocate some money for that :)
“Your worst days prepare you for your best days” out of pain this guy is paying it forward. Amen!
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if Only the Government Cared Enough to Create a More Humane way to Leave this World...... Nahh.. That was Canned For Some Reason... Some of us Deserve to Restart.. or Become Something or Someone Greater.. Reincarnation Might be Real... Maybe I'll Be Reborn in a Different Timeline.. Who Knows. But Don't Tell me No without at Least Trying or Giving Logical Reasons of Whynot.. We Never Had the Option to Swipe Left or Right to Accept Being Born. . .Some of Our Parents Even Resent or A*use Us
Gaymen
"So, surely with hardship comes ease." 94:5
“Surely with ˹that˺ hardship comes ˹more˺ ease.” 94:6
QURAN
Bless this officer...He saved me also...in the 90s......
HALLELUJAH!! 🙌🥹 GLAD YOURE ALIVE TODAY! 🥰 GOD LOVES YOU ❤
The same police officer there in the video saved your life back then as well? 😧
Nets like these were added around our local Shopping Mall high rise car park because of the huge number of suicides. It's not until you get to know security staff they explain how frequent suicide attempts are. Especially around Christmas time. I'm very surprised it's taken so long for nets to be added to the Golden Gate Bridge
why christmas time?
@@xxxxx409probably because people feel lonely seeing family’s together and happy. That’s just my guess could be very lonely
@@xxxxx409Come on man. What do you think??
I committed suicide in 2021. 😢 I am #johnnyx100 (written by his mom)
I wager it's iconic status as a landmark had something to do with the hesitation. Glad they have though, and in a way that doesn't impact it's grandeur.
I remember hearing a guy story who actually ended up jumping, but survived. He said he took a bus there and was crying profusely the whole way there and said if just one person asked him what was wrong he probably wouldn't have went through with it. Glad that guy survived and also glad that this cop was here for this guy.
Sounds like a 13th reason
Nothing more pathetic than someone who more or less blames their suicide attempt on people who didn't ask a stranger what was wrong with them..
@@Nachoprobl3m2 he didn't blame the attempt on them, he just said if he felt like if he thought anyone at all cared for him in his life, even a complete stranger, he wouldn't have done it. Two totally different things.
@@markvictor8776 how is that acting creepy, crying on a bus is creepy? You know if a woman was crying on a bus on her way to a suicide attempt she would have many people asking what was wrong and if there's anything they could do.
"if just one person asked him what was wrong ," you say?
@@markvictor8776 Heartless much?
224 million dollars for nets ? Government is grossly inefficient.
And you think all of that went to the bridge. He'll nah
@@dabooba260I like the way you think it went into some pockets is what it did
Just imagine the number of people who leaped from that bridge and regretted it on the way down. That is truly heartbreaking to think about, at least this net does give them a second chance.
There’s not enough time to regret after u jumped
@@gazey so basically they hit the water in a split second after jumping? Lol have you ever been to the Golden Gate Bridge? It’s higher than a 15 story building above the water. More than enough time to think before you hit the water.
Maybe they didn't regret it. How do you know?
@@nickbarcheck1019 most people who attempt suicide by jumping off a bridge and survive, say they regretted it almost immediately
@@wuffymcwuff I still think the nets are a ridiculous infringement on free will. If someone chooses to take THEIR life that's THEIR choice. We used to have freedom in this country.
My teachers son jumped off that bridge and committed suicide… it’s so sad my teacher cried a lot during our lecture. :( I hope these nets helps people.
They will just do it somewhere else.
@@YOIMMIKEfr once they are in that mindset there is no way to stop them unless you know about it and can prevent it
@@sforza209wtf dude.. if somebody had that happen.. thats kind of in some extent of it.. imho pretty sensibke to expect thatd be not so ubsurd fwiw.
@@sforza209what is wrong with crying? and Especially someone who is talking about the death of a loved one, her son.. ?
@@sforza209you have no idea what a teacher is like. Go back to school.
How about having a suicide deterrent soiciety as well?
Be realistic.
Community support and a feeling of purpose could be realistic . The only problem is people being selfish and not looking out for one another .
My point exactly, also the people in this situation usually suffer in silence so they don't seek support till it's too late. @@thecountscastle4860
Whoa whoa what do you think this is?
That's not realistic whatsoever
I appreciate the end where they say this is not a solution to the mental health crisis
It takes a lot for a person who was suicidal to talk about it.
Especially in this stupid, heartless society where feeling anything at all is followed by judgement and stigmatization.
Until you get through it, then you feel obligated to share your story and help people going through the same
rip to my friend wade. he was too kind for this world
So sorry. I'm sure they were. 🙏
Too WEAK for reality you meant to say. PATHETIC.
The world is a cruel and unjust place… but that doesn’t mean good people should take their own lives. On the contrary, we _NEED_ those people here to do good and balance the bad things out!!!
what a selfish guy he must've been, taking his own life...
@@FederatedStatesofMicronesia bruh how do you know he even had family
224m for some steel nets is insane , someone had a big pay day
Me
Why do you care? Jealous? The real issue here is the denial of a resource that has helped so many escape suffering.
It does seem excessive. I would have guessed maybe a couple million.
@@MisterNiles Do you consider $26,000 per feet of netting not excessive?
And why care? Where does the money for this come from? Can you say taxpayers? I bet you can.
@@MisterNiles calm down spaz it was just a comment
Imagine putting the same amount of effort into mental health services.
There's tons of mental health services. People love to be martyrs, man.
What do you propose? You can offer all the help you want, but if a person doesnt take the help then what?
@@rickDArulaHow about putting the same amount of effort into mental health services
nah, universal healthcare is communism and the c word is bad...
I bet you don’t even do anything at all, why don’t you help around and put that much effort into doing something for them than complaining online.
At 2:04 “It’s designed to hurt. Falling 20 feet into tough steel mesh, it’s like falling into a cheese grader, It’s not going to end your pain it’s going to make it worse” That right there is a testament to how cruel and sadistic American society really is. That sentence right there sums up American culture in a nut shell!
It saves lives
@@johnyang1420 I totally get that part, that’s obvious. The sadistic part is how Painful it was designed to make people suffer even more. Lol the safety net is a metaphor to to how cruel American society is.
@@johnyang1420 Just because fewer people are committing suicide on the bridge doesn't mean they aren't committing suicide elsewhere or by other means. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
@@mopes2713 Don't mix up California with the rest of the country.
Jesus Christ, I figured. Instead for preventing suffering we create more suffering for those who simply want to end it. Absolutely sickening.
Golden gate bridge is 4200ft long, or 8400ft of netting on both sides. $224M comes out to over $26,000 per feet of netting. Wow
Should ask China for a better price
You're missing some data --- $200mm is for politician kickbacks, the netting project only cost 24mm. lol
Things like this are expensive, plus that included other maint!
Next, they can install an ocean next to the bridge too. It'll only cost CaliDerpians 4.5 googles..
try 1B after kickbacks and corruptions...
If you can’t understand wanting to die you won’t understand how to help someone to want to live.
The “nets” are nice. But all it does it stop ppl from jumping there. It doesn’t solve the torment they feel that makes them want to end their life.
Oh well
The designed to cause serious injury part sounds like a problem to me. "Like falling through a cheese grater" is horrific. You lived, but now you're disfigured/ disabled with huge medical bills... sure that'll make you less depressed.
no one ever claimed that the net solved their problems.
@@luna-p it's the thought and visual of that happening that's likely to prevent someone from jumping into it in the first place. they're not blind
@dsssose5818 Then why is it "designed" to hurt? They're expecting people will still jump.
I’ll get personal here: I’ve been in that dark place before. I didn’t think I was going to get out. When I would think about how I would do it, all I could picture in my mind was someone trying to talk to me and ask me what was wrong. In my mind that’s what I wanted so badly in my world: someone just to take their time to ask me what was wrong and comfort me. I wanted someone to care and someone to validate my feelings. People go through this every day and through my difficult time, I’ve learned to be more compassionate and open minded.
Same. I had nobody to talk to and still don't but through my own strength and 2 cats that love me I climbed out of that pit
I am so prowd of you for making it this far, keep going, you got this
That still doesn't help much. I feel like a glass bottle shattering from inside after landing on the ground. All my hopes,dreams and aspirations have been crushed by the ones whom i once loved. I've learnt to stay alone and truly love myself. The pain never ends and extreme rage and agony grows day by day. Despair and hopelessness is strangling my neck. Family is the major reason and cause for suicides. When your own family isn't concerned about your well being how can one trust some random strangers? People may seem nice on the exterior but nobody knows their true motives, intentions and feelings. I've learnt to stay away from people.
@@BoysinBlue-zn5dbIf u want to talk I got you brother
Glad you made it!
"Your worst days prepare you for your best days."
Couldn't be more real
Briggs is STILL saving people? Wow. I remember that video from years ago. Respect, thank you for helping the ones that have none ❤
Sure now ppl instead of jumping from a bridge to water, they'll pick a tall building and land on the streets...
Ok, I have no idea how much stuff costs to build things but 224M to install a net on a bridge? I need someone to explain to me why its so high.
Graft, corruption, kickbacks.
Same concept with sending aid to Ukraine.
Because the US is bankrupting itself funding a war in Eastern Europe that Ukraine will never win. Like I'm sorry, but you been throwing money to Ukraine for the past 2 years and they still haven't made a dent to Russia.
It costs $224M cos they need to recoup the money somehow.
Most likely the labor and equipment with also maybe some corruption thrown in for some pizzazz.
@@DecrepitBiden u know if we dont send aid to ukraine that means u, ur buddies, ur sons, their sons, etc will be the one sitting in the trenches, right? ukraine isnt the target here.
My cousin committed suicide on the golden gate bridge last month. There's nothing you can change to stop a person that's determined to commit suicide.
You can stop a determined person if you preach Jesus Christ to them, most people have no idea who that is.
@@PatrickBaptist-vv2bgI think they do and that's the problem
He jumped off the net?
@@PatrickBaptist-vv2bgWhy not preach about Mohammad or Buddha? What's so special about Jesus?
Must of jumped off the net because they've been finished for a while now just not completely.
The guy who didnt jump from the bridge is so strong and im so happy for him that he managed to pull through despite feeling like there was no way out. I lost my friend recently tp suicide and it is the worst exeperience in any way you can imagine. You might not think youre loved or that youre at fault for feeling the way you do but it isn’t, it’s not easy to struggle and it’s not shameful to feel suicidal. I wish we as a society would do more to reach out to people and that we do our best in our private lives to not joke and be nonchalant about topics on suicide. Always openly talk about it without judgement and be there for those that need it if possible.
It’s not about being loved or if you have guilt. Life is just meaningless for some people.
@@Boomhauersdad i’m a social work student and a lot of research say the things I mentioned are common thoughts people might have. The meaninglessness is another symptom among many and of course it’s not only feelings or psychological circumstances that play a role by itself, it can also be financially or things you completely outside of your control but essentially support is needed regardless in every way possible and the primary way to help is with therapy so that the person can find enough strength to work on getting better and survive.
I’ve also struggled with suicidality most of my life, my experience is unique to me but you share a lot of common themes and suffering with others who struggle with it as well so you can still know the feeling and mindset of what it’s like. And my friend had those feelings, i was mostly talking about my experience with him. There were things out of his control but his darkest times he would blame it on himself when it wasn’t his fault and he never told me or any other friend because he didn’t want us to worry. In his upbringing it was shameful to talk about mental health so there’s that as well. He had even written in his letter he felt guilty.
@@GoldenShrike i think the main reason for it is that for most people there is no help that exists, i have been seeing therapists and psych doctors for almost 20 years and ive been suicidal for just as long, and i have yet to come across one single competent person. its extremely disheartening seeing over 100 therapists and not getting help it makes the hopelessness worse.
We need to figure out why people are jumping. Fix that problem first on top of all the other issues SF already has.
It's because the American dream isn't real. Just a fairy tale and these people realized that early in life.
Yes, keep focusing on the symptoms and never the problem.
What's the problem? 🤔
@@naklovesjesus3204 mental health
@@jaydenleckpa8381
But here is the problem... How do you solve that issue? 😮💨
@@naklovesjesus3204 it'd be pretty hard. people could have mental issues from many different things
@@jaydenleckpa8381
Yea, that's the problem mental health issues can be caused by a number of things, and show itself in different ways. 😔
funny how they don’t mention how much the city overpaid for these nets. it ended up being more than the cost to build the entire bridge itself adjusted for inflation. that money could’ve been used to “overhaul mental health”.
God bless this young man for advocating. Hes a blessing in so many ppls lives I’m sure. Keep doing what your doing young man. Doing great. And sending love to anyone dealing with mental illness, YOU ARE IMPORTANT AND NEEDED. ❤ sending love to all ❤️❤️❤️
I remember reading about this when I was at Fort Point Park in 2021. I am glad that this is helping a lot of people, and thank you for covering the story.
The bridge cost $35m to build. $595m today. Someone embezzled about $223m
The nets costs $223m, just shows how expensive these things really are.
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You can do it cheaper? You go fix it then.
Forsure
A lot of money greased a lot of peoples pockets
I love that this project was conceptualized, that bridge is an absolute architectural marvel and I always found it unfortunate that it was so heavily associated with the idea of suicide. It's great to hear that the nets have proven effective at deterring people from making the worst decision of their lives as well, great idea all around.
I would never force someone to live .
You are heartless.
Ah. What if your son or Daughter does'nt want to live anymore and you know he/she's been thinking about Suicide? Still you Would'nt stop her & force them to Live? If so. I agree with ya. 🥹
@@RahulRk-tr7ot if someone is suffering, it's not my right to force them to live. We are all entitled to death. I would tell them not to do it. But you can't force someone to live a life when they're suffering.
@@NickJJH14can I ask in curiosity, why do you think that way?
@@raymondjiang1640 may i ask why you would force someone to live when they're suffering?
So they were able to come up with $224 for some net but not to do something about the homeless problem?
Kiss me you fool
Addressing societal issues that cause people to go homeless? No place will do so
It stops people from killing themselves. Go cry about and the homeless people. Why don't you go feed them and take them in.
I think its a good idea to have these nets installed. But a quarter of a billion to install? That sounds absurdly high.
Yep depression has created a business like most things. These contracts are ridiculous, if someone actually broke it down some boffin would be getting a pile of that cash just to give it the green light and all those that feed off of these overpriced projects.
A few hundred thousand for material and installation, 249 million for the people running it
I mean it's to save people's lives. But I can see why you'd be frustrated cause that's tax money
Insane waste of MY money.
@@gottderneuenwelt those people shouldn't be selfish
This cost $224 million??? Some politicians got some serious kickbacks off this project. And this doesn't even get to the root of the problem, or keep someone from choosing a different method to end their lives.
Almost a QUARTER BILLION for some nets?!?! C'mon California, we know where that money went. Sickening honestly.
It’s weird that people have been jumping for decades and only now they place nets.
The answer to that is in the 223million it allegedly cost to put them up, some people made a lot of money
$224 million!?
What a depressing symbol of troubled times.
Golden Gate Bridge has always been a suicide hub. This isn’t a sign of an increase in suicides at all.
Agree
Stupid story, doesn't help anyone justs adds unnecessary steps to suicide
Any help to help others from their grief and to give hope is the way to promote.
🙏🙏🙏🙏 to all that feel unheard 😢
I've lost 2 really good friends to that bridge. Unfortunately those nets didn't save them, but I really hope in the future they will save someone else's loved one
I apologize for your loss. Did they jump off the net after landing on the net?
May i ask a cold question?, what did they do?, did they jump over the net or jumped on the net and then to the water?
The fact of the matter is that most suicides are done on impulse, the doom and pain become so bad for a moment that you lose sight of everything else. This is why the "no going back" methods are often the deadliest.. because you dont get that moment to reflect and put things into perspective.
"It's working!" "They are already saving lives" - That's debatable. The general gist I get is that suicide is up, and continues to go up. So, they're doing it: They're just not doing it at this bridge.
I really wish we could address the deep causes of these societal issues that many other first world nations do not have to the same degree
Live and let jump. Quit being a pawn. Only self centered sympathy seekers off themselves in public...PATHETIC.
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There are many mental health help in California. When going to see a primary care doctor for the first time, there is a list of mental health questions to answer. They can set up appointments for counseling within days
@@___beyondhorizon4664spoken like a true bureaucrat 😅 that's all bs
@@___beyondhorizon4664 This IS the problem
Every first world nation has this problem
After the nets were installed I wonder how many jumpers actually changed their mind after hitting the net vs the jumpers who hit the net first and then continue their suicidal jump by going over the net?
apparently they're not made of life-saving rope or whatever, but nearly paralyzing steel so it depends on just how incapacitated they are & if they'd even be able to pull themselves off the grate-like area..
About time they're doing something about this infamous problem
This is excellent video journalism and the world needs more of this! Thank you for sharing!
I’m not trying to be dourly critical of American society or modern western society in general (there are many good things and bright spots) but overall I think people need to start looking at root causes of moral degradation in society that causes people to feel hopeless and commit suicide. There are many moral and economic injustices , oppressions, suppressions, and violence that make people feel hopeless. Maybe it’s not the people, maybe it’s the society that PRODUCES the people.
no one can change that, just like no one can change human nature.
Its kinda ignorant and frankly plain stupid If you honestly believe American don't understand why there is a uptick in suicide. Reality is a majority of people do not care about others and thoes who do can only do so much.
I doubt it's a new phenomena. I think we just know about it now. People talk about it and we have the Internet. Before that it was all secret.
I think it happened a lot in the past but no one knew because it was kept private
@@markvictor8776dude if you are a disabled veteran with cancer who gets that "your illness is not service related, you're benefits are denied" letter
it's not failing to take responsibility.
it can be both, there are a TON of solvable degrading and catastrophic failings in our society....
nice boomer bootstraps lecture though from the generation that has ran up a 30 billion dollar credit card in their childrens names
Don't tell everyone about the nets! now people will just pick a differant bridge....
Quarter of a billion dollars to put that up there. Somebody is hiding something.
San Francisco finally admitted they're an Apple factory sweatshop
This is indicative of brutal capitalism & this country as a whole - not just San Francisco.
It looks like a future homeless encampment to me
@@kevinandrewrea123How does the exploitation of workers in foreign countries represent America?
Hey DS People have been jumping from here since it went up. Many people with Aids jumped. Plus having lived in SF its a dark and cold place not good for people with SAD.
@@kevinandrewrea123 yeah ur right, people under communism commit less suicide because they die of starvation
It’s designed to save you by hurting you 😮
If you can feel how much it hurts to fall 20 feet on to a solid steel net, you’ll be aware of the pain, enough to reconsider the 200 ft plunge.
@@DeeznutseighthundredthirtyThere's a significant difference between getting injured and dying instantly.
That’s a great idea and I don’t know why this wasn’t done sooner. I wish this kind of thing was on all bridges, my dad took his own life by jumping off a bridge in 2019 and I was/am still devastated by the loss. It hurts knowing that he may have had a moment of regret before it was all over :/
God bless the golden gate guardian, he’s a literal life saver, and we need more people like him!
224m is wild for posts and netting
not real netting, it's all steel grates.. danger plates! 😓
The Government doesn't take care of it's citizens by correcting a lawless society but they want to keep you alive to suffer more. It's misguided Love.
Worse still, why is it a good thing if the self deletion prevention method makes you injured? People are already suffering and adding to their suffering in their darkest mindset seems needlessly evil. I'd imagine some people who's go through this would just go home to finish the job in pain, alone.
if you lower the cost of life you wont need nets
uh sure
Blud spittin human rights
Bro… your UA-cam handle 🤣🤣🤣
Bidenism sux
Frrr
Breaks my heart 💔😢
wait, 224 million just for nets? thats a joke
You cant stop me, I'll just get a running start before i jump. I might even manage to do a flip if i get enough speed.
so dramatic lol
Or you could just do a flip off the net 😂 it’s not like the nets gonna hold you until someone can get to you.
i see your very matter of fact about someone who as taking there life shame on you
@paulmcdonough1093 to be fair for a subject as depressing and dark as this sometimes a little humor and sarcasm aren't bad. Besides you cam probably find his true feelings echoed in literally any other comment
what happens after someone hits the net? how do they get help and back to the mainland?
First they check to see if any good fish were caught. Then they haul it up and pull out any druggies and loonies.
There’s pedestrians and traffic and I’m sure there’s cameras as well. The point isn’t to completely eliminate suicide, it’s just an extra measure designed to change minds
@@bobbackward6461 😂😂
that’s what i was wondering.. what if they still like crawl off?
They get up, enjoy the view for a couple seconds and jump to the water...
I used to work in a psychiatric hospital in Belmont (no longer existant thanks to managed care HMO bullhockey and union-busting ownership) and one of our patients did eventually jump. Horror when we found out later a tourist or someone taking pictures there wound up with a photo that had her midair in the frame.
She was a lovely woman, so troubled.
Yup. Greed & the GOP !
If your suicidal i doubt a small net is going to stop you from getting to the water. Pretty sure most people could dive over that
That net looks painful af
That’s the point
Can't they roll off the net?
In the video they said that according to people who have survived from jumping off the bridge, the moment they jump, they immediately regret it. So they probably wouldn’t roll off even if they could.
Also, it’s designed to hurt. They also said that that stops people from committing suicide
Like a cheese grater
They can climb down onto it then jump from the net. Its steel so more like a platform
224 million for nets? what a rip off.
They made a great documentary called “The Bridge” in 2006 about bridge jumpers from the Golden Gate Bridge. 18 years later, they’re just getting around to putting some nets out
Since the installation of these, suicides on nearby train tracks has increased by 35%.
What is keeping people from climbing down to the net and then jumping?
It's 2 step verification
They need a net for the net
@@LeviathanCham83rs yes they do. That would be 3 step verification
It's tad out of public view, they want sympathy from fools.
That’s the crazy thing. $224 million for netting that is pointless. Because they can jump down and the netting can catch them and then they can just jump off of the netting. That and how did they get down from the netting and how does anybody know they are there in order to rescue them? And, by the time rescue crew get to them… They’re probably gonna jump off of the net anyways. I just don’t understand the logic and the money wasted when they have so many homeless that they could take a piece of land or an old mall or factory and turn into housing or simply build tiny houses for them.
For $224 million, you figure if each tiny house costs $15,000, which is the size for a nice one at Home Depot… Or you could have one of Elon Musk’s nice ones for around the same price… that’s about 15,000 tiny houses. You could have 15 to 30,000 people in one of those. Unreal. Obviously, somebody is embezzling money somewhere spending that kind of money on this stupid project. I understand that they need to help with suicide… but generally, those committing suicide could either use mental health or financial help. Where the money could be better spent.
Especially since they said what? Only 3% of suicidal people jump from that bridge… Seems like a lot of money to spend for 3%. When, you could just make at least 15,000 people happy by building them a tiny house and then they might not be suicidal in the first place.
You can see and hear that Briggs is a good person, maybe even an angel. God bless him and those he have saved. Lets hope they turn their life around and do good things.
I survived jumping 3 times. 79 83 and 91. I tried for a 4th time a few months ago but saw the netting.
🙏🏾
So 45 years later you still haven't figured yourself out in life. That's quite sad.
@@emello4you that was uncalled for
I remember watching the documentary where they filmed all the suicides from the bridge it was so sad 😢
What's the name?
It’s called The Bridge
@@TheBlueGirl18full documentary on youtube
Yep 😢
Weird way to "fix the problem". 😑😕
I would install diving boards, if a person wants to pull the plug that is his choice.
I’ve heard that 99.9 % of people who committed suicide instantly regrets it the moment they do it. Please, no matter how hard life is someday, one day there will be that light at the end of the tunnel and your better days will come. Just hang in there, you only live once make it worth it. ❤
Wow,that is amazing,so glad that man was saved
I love how California will spend 230 million dollars to save 2,000 people over 90 years. The chances that the thing lasts 90 years a slim to none. Why not just give the money to the people that come to jump? 230 million is 115k per person.
this is great, however if someone is suicidal, they need real help. by putting nets it means nobody will die on this bridge, but there are thousand other bridges, and ropes, this realistically won’t stop ANY suicides, if someone was feeling that low, a single bridge having a net wouldn’t stop them from other methods, unfortunate but true
Meanwhile burglaries, robberies, car break-ins and car-jacking continue unabated. 😂😂
I guess mental healthcare just doesn't matter to you then?
You know, many crimes are mental health related.
400+ million for this? Imagine the amount of apartments/houses we could have build
Imagine anything you want, lol
Yeah only for those new houses and apartments to be unaffordable
OMG imagine you go to jump and instead of hitting the net you hit that long metal bar and bust your legs and then roll over into the water only to drown because you can’t swim as your legs are broken. Argh!!
Mission accomplished then at that point right???
I watched a documentary about this bridge and the suicides years ago. It was incredibly sad. I just wish people would be more kind because you never know what someone is going through.
I'm glad this young person was saved by this wonderful man. My daughter's ex-boyfriend committed suicide almost a year ago and it's a sadness that she has to live with forever that haunts me too. People care and will help you if you ask. My daughter's ex acted like everything was ok the last time he talked to her. Then he went out and threw himself in front of a train in the middle of the night. All he had to do was ask and I would have dropped everything to meet him and talk to him but I was clueless that he had spiraled so low.
It's not that easy to ask for help when you have been let down so many times before. It forces you to be have no trust or faith
Not saying that the money isn't worth it. But this cost 224 million dollars? nutty
How about some nets to keep them from jumping off the nets?
I thought about that too, but if the net really "hurts or temporary lames the jumper, they probably can't or won't stand up without assistance.
224 Million for adding those nets is just absurd!
How much did BLM get ?
Wow. This js intense. What a great video for awareness, and making a change to the bridge.
How about we treat the reason why suicide rates are going up?
After the Super Bowl loss is crazy
Americans crazy
They said the radio show host girl was shot from a personal dispute.... anyone know what she said on the radio?
Who did she offend?
Super bowl massacre was a disgusting exhibition of the depraved.
@@GraniteInTheFace Unfortunately the depraved do not have autobiographies written about them. If the people who are involved in ongoing disputes get a chance to talk about it on a radio or TV show, perhaps a constructive conclusion can be reached.
I want to know what led up to it.
Yes it was an exhibition of depravation... what were they deprived of?
The chance to have their story be told.
@@Astoria5000actually I misspoke. Superbowl massacre actually refers to the 100+ people killed in Gaza on the day of the Superbowl. But in this case I am sure there are plenty of Autobiographie written for the depraved cnt that is Netanyahu.
Its mind boggling that it took this long to put up netting. Im very happy SF finally took the steps needed.
Really? Like one couldn't climb off edge of any net?? These self centered pukes do it publicly for sympathy. F__k'em.
Now when Americans search "suicide nets" it wont be weird when Google doesnt show the Apple factories in China. Perfect.
Accurate
224 million for a net that someone could just jump immediately off of anyway
Only 3% of yearly suicides in the Bay Area were done from that bridge. Now with the netting in place, it will only cause that small percent to find another way. It was an expensive but futile gesture. The majority of us Bay Area residents were against it.
Exactly, there's plenty of high places, like building, overpass, cliff, etc. Who needs a bridge to die?
complain more maybe that will stop them
what is the other 97%?
They designed a steel safety net that will hurt someone if they fell on it. Now they will use it as a diving platform.
No one is diving off of that...
lol
They might be on a better path until those medical bills come in the mail.
Just hand out fentanyl. Don't disturb innocents whilst offing self.
In the middle of August, thick 🌫️ fog will suddenly blanket the bridge 🌉. I doubt people will go there for diving.
I have walked across the golden gate bridge in September 2017, round trip, just to cross ❌ it off my bucket list. I can be very cold during the day when the wind picks up
There's so much I can see wrong with this..
1. The absurd price tag just to install nets, government inefficiency as usual
2. Someone who intends on suicide is unfortunately just going to find a different location
3. All that money went to this band-aid solution and not towards tackling the root causes of bad mental health
4. You now have a constant reminder of suicide on the side of your city's iconic bridge (although it is a good, ugly reminder of the problem)
News stories like this really feel like such a parody of American problem solving
The first time I visited the bridge I wanted to jump so badly. I went to a dozen other bridges right after just trying to find the right one. I finally tried it at a swing bridge near my apartment. When I hit the water I didn't feel anything at first, then I felt cold, then severe pain when I realized I had broken both my legs. Bridge suicides are not the easiest way to go, and these nets would definitely have made me consider a better method.
Handgun sales likely increased by a few percent in the area.
Nets are one thing, but it's physically painful "like a cheese grater?! Imagine feeling like you want to die and jumping into that and bleeding to death In even more misery!
It just seems needlessly cruel. But then again the justice system loves to kick people while they are mentally at their lowest (for s-survivors) so no surprise there.
This is sickening. People are forced to live miserable lives and now not even death is an option out of the American nightmare.
Talk about not seeing the big picture 🙄
Finally someone gets it. It's cruel for sure, but it makes pro-lifers feel good about themselves.
@@Hunter-nb5bjWhat's the big picture? Not everyone enjoys being a rat running on the wheel for 50 consecutive years.
@@DelicateRedRose You said nothing but facts.
"Hey, I felt on a net....oh well, I guess I'll have to jump from this net next"
So you land on the net then just jump off that?!