How Many People Have Died Jumping Off The Golden Gate Bridge

 known for its classic, worldwide known beauty and amazing setting this breathtaking bridge located in San Francisco Bay is unfortunately a magent for suicides. Factoring in the horrifically turbulent waters at the base, the raccoon strait is feared by mariners, so success in killing yourself is virtually garunteed!

  From the bridge to the water is a 67-meter fall (219.816 ft) that takes approximately four seconds, with which a jumper would hit the water at about 120 kilometers per hour (74.5645 mph). As of 2006 there were only 26 people known to survive "The Jump". The official suicide count ended sometime in 1995, at that time the number was at around 1,000! In the eight years proceeding 2003 there was an average of one suicide jump every two weeks, which put the death total at well over 1,300!!

  In 1996, Highway Patrol removed about 70 suicidal people from the bridge. Currently the estimated suicide rate is said to be at about one every fifteen days, although not all are witnessed. The ones who do manage to survive are said to hit the water feet first leaving them with MASSIVE internal injuries and TERRIBLY broken bones. A woman named Sarah Rutledge Biennium jumped TWICE!!! She somehow managed to survive the first jump in 1998 but was killed later that year during her second jump.

 Bridge Officials are dumbfounded. They have no clue as to how to prevent this. They have put up barriers, signs and a crisis telephone that directs you directly to a crisis hotline yet none of these attempts at prevention seem to make a difference. A plan to close the bridge was even talked about.

They made a film about the suicides and happenings called "The Bridge" that captured 23 jumps in 2004.

     Are all these really suicides? Is this coincidence? I dont know, but what I can say is that some people are not in their right mind and do committ suicide, a LOT of people actually. Some part of me (my inner sicko i suppose) thinks that not all of them were suicides. The ones that were not witnessed could have just as easily been a murder.

  If you or someone you know has suicidal thoughts contact a suicide help line immediately DO NOT HESITATE! It is a serious matter with serious obvious consequenses so I ask that you get yourself or the person you know help IMMEDIATELY you can contact someone for help by calling 1-800-273-8255. Save a life, its worth it! Thanks for reading. Come back soon and see what we will talk about next.