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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.
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 Bridge Golden 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 ...
The Golden Gate Bridge, which first opened in May 1937, was the most popular suicide site in the world during the documentary's filming, with approximately 1,200 deaths by 2003. [8] Its death toll has since been surpassed only by the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in China.
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 ...
After more than a decade since officials approved the project, suicide-prevention barriers have now been successfully installed on both sides of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The suicide ...
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.
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A suicide barrier is a structure intended to deter people from attempting suicide by deliberately jumping from a high place on a structure. Suicide barriers often consist of nets, [2] metal screening, and fencing. [3] Suicide barriers may be placed on tall bridges (such as those deemed "suicide bridges"), observation decks, and other tall ...