October 1st, 2007 7:16 am
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I do not understand why there is not a barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. There have been over 1,300 people who have committed and completed suicide. If people feel it makes the bridge look ugly or ruins it, they should see the family & friends who have lost a loved one. If there are barriers on a simple overpass, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building & volcanic Mt. Mihara in Japan. Why not put a barrier on THIS bridge? CA has the highest number suicides in the U.S. If this barrier saved one life, I know it would be worth the time and money.
Kayla Hackett
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October 1st, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Wow it sure will be a great thing when there’s a barrier on the golden gate bridge! Then there will be no more suicides! Just like there won’t be anymore terrorists when we’re done in Iraq! Perfect!
This is ridiculous. If people want to kill themselves they’re going to find a way. Hey.. how about driving another 3 minutes past the bridge up to Marin Headlands? You could just jump off a cliff there, or kill yourself in any of a million other ways.
We need to address the reasons people want to kill themselves and think there is no other way out. A barrier on the bridge will do NOTHING except keep people from doing it on the bridge.
Anyway, the same money could be spent to increase patrols by qualified crisis counselors ON the bridge at all hours of the day. The bridge AINT THAT LONG. This is doable.
This barrier is a waste of money.