security guard

[BigBlackSmoke]

at my school there is this security guard and everyone knows him and hes this really friendly young guy. today he was on the front page of the sf chronicle because he is one of the 26 only known golden gate bridge suicide survivors out of 1,200. it was really weird reading about him, and apparently he is bipolar. i was really shocked, you know.

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[PurelyPolyester]

it wasnt like a mass suicide, if that's what you are asking. He means that 1200 people in total have jumped through out the years. Am i putting that right?

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[Freakboy]

he survived, why are they celebrating?
and now he has to work as a security gaurd confiscating marijuana and cigarettes from all the youngns
reminding him of the good days

[wingedfeetxc]

That anybody at all can survive the fall is absolutely amazing.

[charrrddddd]

i read that article today. it's weird when you actually end up having a personal connection to stuff like that. what do you think about this proposed barrier thing?

[BigBlackSmoke]

everyone knows him as a narc, but he plays a drug dealer in some upcoming indie film.

the barrier sounds good i guess

before the article came out he gave a pamphlet for a suicide prevention walk and i was weirded out. but know i get it

[Figglyduff]

Did they ask his permission to write about him? I'd be pretty pissed if my old history got splashed about the papers (not that I have a history worth talking about or anything!) I hadn't heard about a barrier, presumably it'd just make them go somewhere else to do it? Nets would be funny though, like the kind you get in circuses.

[Figglyduff]

Did they ask his permission to write about him? I'd be pretty pissed if my old history got splashed about the papers (not that I have a history worth talking about or anything!) I hadn't heard about a barrier, presumably it'd just make them go somewhere else to do it? Nets would be funny though, like the kind you get in circuses.

[lou2ser]

Theres a really interesting graphic too.
http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/10/30/mn_suicide30_loc_tt.gif

I heard the reason for no barrier is that the architech was short and wanted to see over the railing.

[Plastic_hero]

Wouldn't they just try to commit suicide in another way?

[Figglyduff]

I'd suggest the Humber Bridge as a suitable alternative.

[DOWNTHERABBITHOLE]

hold on i havent finished steal this book yet

the body dies but the soul lives forever in technicolor omnipresent transcendence, dig? and the body dont really die we all no. just decomposes back into mother earth, fertilizin our carrots n beets.

steel pathos of the golden dragon
the blast will rain everlastingingingly
tacos for lunch

[Figglyduff]

I like the way this thread is just called 'security guard' :D It's just so random.

[DOWNTHERABBITHOLE]

natch like far out diggidy dumdrops tangentially astounding, dig? yr spine tingles

[yayablahblah]

i think downtherabbithole is a moron
and should take the timothy leary picture off
and replace it with the stupid hippie from
futurama

[DOWNTHERABBITHOLE]

spacious man
dig the unnecessary poetry style
chocolate impacted love-in

[BigBlackSmoke]

yeah they definately had his permission, i mean he was interviewed and stuff and there were pictures of him last week.

[athula]

man, that's crazy. looking at that chart, some people jump onto land. what a bust!

i find it interesting that just about two and a half months after the bridge was built someone thought of taking their lives on it. that's a sad thought, really.

[charrrddddd]

i guess the ones who jump on to land just really mean business? the thing they're not taking into consideration on this barrier thing is that there are eight or so bridges within twenty miles, including the considerably higher bay bridge (on which i've heard that people who jump from the upper deck get blown onto the lower deck and run over by the eastbound traffic, rather than gracefully meeting their demise in the water). but that tangent aside, if someone really wanted to jump off a bridge, even if they put up the barrier, there are seven other places without barriers. and plus, if someone was really determined, couldn't they just climb over the barrier?

[Figglyduff]

Wow, I've had a great business plan! If they build this barrier I could set up a ladder hire company and just hire them out to the suicidal people. That'd be awesome.

Does the Golden Gate Bridge have lots of numbers for the samaritans and things around it? I just ask because I remember Beachy Head does (a popular cliff for suicide in the UK)