Anti-suicide safety net set for Golden Gate Bridge
Posted: 14 October 2008 1104 hrs
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SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge may
soon be rigged with a safety net to deter people from jumping to
their deaths from the world-famous landmark, official records
showed Monday.
The Golden Gate Transportation District has voted in favour of
installing the net pending the results of studies into its
environmental impact, according to a statement on the district's
website.
The plastic-covered steel net would extend six metres on either
side of the bridge and would cost between 40-50 million dollars,
local media reported. It is likely to be several years before the
netting is installed, reports said.
The Golden Gate district voted 14 to 1 in favour of installing the
netting at a meeting on Friday attended by around 50 people
including psychiatrists, suicide prevention experts and relatives
of bridge suicides.
More than 10 million tourists visit the Golden Gate Bridge
annually, but the landmark also has the distinction of being the
world's number one suicide destination. The number peaked in 1970
with 40 reported suicides from the famous span.
Golden Gate suicides were the subject of a 2006 documentary
entitled "The Bridge" which chronicled the stories of a handful of
2004 suicide jumpers.
Since the bridge was built in 1937, at least 1,250 people have
jumped to their deaths according to local coroners. -
AFP/ar
why are they wasting that type of money when the deaths are not
by accident.....
If pple want to die, this bridge cannot they willl jump other
bridge.....
