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Construction to begin on Golden Gate Bridge suicide deterrent system [View all]
In September 2000, San Francisco native Kevin Hines stood at the Golden Gate Bridge and contemplated suicide.
The millisecond after his hands left the rail, he felt regret. He didn’t want to die.
Hines hit the water and, somehow, survived.
“A sea lion kept me afloat until a Coast Guard boat could find me,” he told the San Francisco Examiner.
Read more: http://www.sfexaminer.com/construction-begin-golden-gate-bridge-suicide-deterrent-system/
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