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. In 2013, 118 potential jumpers were talked down from their attempt and did not jump.Ī number of measures are in place to discourage people from jumping, including telephone hotlines and patrols by emergency personnel and bridge workers. Some die instantly from internal injuries, while others drown or die of hypothermia.The Golden Gate bridge’s death toll has since been surpassed only by that of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in China. The four-second fall from the Golden Gate Bridge sends a person plunging 245 feet (75 m) at 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) to hit the waters of the San Francisco Bay “with the force of a speeding truck meeting a concrete building.” Jumping off the bridge holds at least a 98 percent fatality rate and it is speculated the fatality rate is actually higher than 98% because of people whose bodies are never found after they make the jump.Īs of 2013, it is estimated that 34 people have survived after jumping. Sign promoting a 24/7 crisis text line on the Golden Gate Bridgeīetween 19, 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.
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