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  2. Suicide prevention net on Golden Gate bridge cut deaths in ...

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    The net, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and was completed behind schedule, greatly reduced suicide deaths in 2023, according to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

  3. Suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Bridge is a 2006 British–American documentary film by Eric Steel, which spans 365 days of filming at the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. The film captured a number of suicides, and featured interviews with family and friends of some of the identified people who had thrown themselves from the bridge that year.

  4. The suicide barrier, referred to as "the net," now spans the entire 1.7-miles of the bridge on both its east and west sides, securing approximately 95% of the bridge, while in the remaining ...

  5. Golden Gate Bridge 'suicide net' could cost $400 million ...

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    A net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge could cost nearly $400 million, double what was originally estimated for the project.

  6. Suicide barrier - Wikipedia

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    Suicide barriers also include nets that extend from the structure or hang below it in order to preserve views outward. Suicide nets have been used on the Bern Muenster Terrace in Bern, Switzerland, and the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. As of 2017, a wire mesh barrier is also being constructed on Golden Gate Bridge. [5]

  7. Kevin Hines - Wikipedia

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    John Kevin Hines (born August 30, 1981) is an American suicide prevention speaker who attempted suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California in 2000 at the age of 19. [1] His story gained major media coverage and he has since become a motivational speaker and advocate for suicide prevention.

  8. ‘All I wanted to do was live’: After years of debate, a ...

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    On September 25, 2000, Kevin Hines climbed over the rail of the Golden Gate Bridge. ‘All I wanted to do was live’: After years of debate, a suicide safety net for the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

  9. Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. The structure links San Francisco —the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula —to Marin County , carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State ...