creativity. but in the shadows of the golden gate bridge towers there is a darker history. though it is the site where unfortunately some people in deep moments, dark moments, come to hurt themselves. it was march 2005 when kevin started driving from oakland to san francisco. he had no idea where he was headed. only that he wanted to end his life. i was hurting a lot. i was dealing with a lot of issues. for reasons that to this day he still doesn t understand, berthia was drawn to the golden gate bridge. i walked and i thought about things for a minute. i remember making one phone call and proceed to walk on out to the tower and he saw me and then he went over the railing and stood on a small pipe. a highway patrol officer, sergeant kevin brigs was on duty. he approached and asked berthia a question. what can we do to get over this hump?
tentatively he approached and asked berthia a question. what can we do to get over this hump? countless people have stood on this same precipice. more than 1,600 of them jumped. it is easy for the average person to go over that rail. many have fought for decades to take away that easy access, to deter would-be jumpers. but what seemed like a simple idea, a physical barrier to jumping, divided the city. half wanted it. the other half of the folks said don t you dare deface the bridge, don t build it. if you build it people will just go someplace else and jump. but that may not be true. in fact, more than one study of 500 people tried to jump from the golden gate but were restrained found that decades later nearly 90% were still alive or had died of natural causes. other bridges with barriers have reduced or eliminated suicides. apparently suicidal