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by The Sun on October 28th, 2007

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Is it true that someone jumps from the Golden Gate bridge to their death every fifteen days?

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  • by ...... on November 27th, 2007

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    an estimated 25 deaths a year is averaged at once per every 15 days. Yes but this is only estimated by the bodies recovered not by those swept out through tides and they say that it could very well be doubled the number.

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  • by Someguy on October 11th, 2008

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    I have seen this documentary. It is VERY depressing. People seem to be attracted to the bridge.

    San Fransisco is putting up a net in order to catch people who decide to jump.
    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24481124-2,00.html

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  • by APACHEmeansENEMY on March 11th, 2008

    APACHEmeansENEMY

    no, but they did make a documentary about people jumping off....

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  • by Possum on November 27th, 2007

    Possum

    Tourist to Ranger on Golden Gate, "Do people jump off the bridge very often?"

    Ranger, "Nope, only once!"

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  • by thekingcobra63 on October 28th, 2007

    thekingcobra63

    no.

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  • by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on March 9th, 2009

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    with things like this.. I am not surprised...

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  • by Worth Repeating on October 9th, 2008

    Worth Repeating

    Its true. in 2004 that was the exact number.

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  • by Jenniferocious on November 27th, 2007

    Jenniferocious

    So the average number of jumpers is 19 per year since the bridge opened in 1937. That averages out to once every 19 days. There have been 1218 deaths on the bridge in its lifetime. (Of course, that's the official number. There could be many many others who were not witnessed, and whose bodies were not found.)


    Here's some reading for you... the first one is an article. The second is a chart of suicides by year, and the third is a diagram that shows the number of jumps from each section of the bridge. The middle is definitely the most popular.

    http://tinyurl.com/2wjlj8
    http://tinyurl.com/2unlfa
    http://tinyurl.com/3ymvdv

    For those of you who haven't been there - the reason most of the jumps have been on the east side of the bridge is that the walkway on the west side of the bridge is used for bicyclists only. Pedestrians are limited to the east side of the bridge.

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  • by AnaContessa on November 27th, 2007

    AnaContessa

    According to Wikipedia yes, every fifteen days. Sad.

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  • by Elwood on August 3rd, 2009

    Elwood

    Because they can. And in some cases, should.

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  • by wander-er-er the vulcanologist on November 27th, 2007

    wander-er-er the vulcanologist

    Yikes, that's awful. I don't know if it's true. We just had one go by jumping off an interstate bridge (onto more interstate... as if the drop wasn't enough, he also got hit by a semi). Sad, sad stuff.

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