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Kevin Hines, now 24, who survived a plunge off the Golden Gate Bridge and is now part of a campaign to add a barrier to the bridge, talked with TIME's Amanda Bower about his September 2000 jump. Here's his dramatic account, in his own words:
It would be pointless. Many opponents argue that, even if the bridge is made safer, suicidal people will just kill themselves elsewhere. But according to landmark 1978 study by Richard Seiden of the University of California, Berkeley, that is not necessarily so. Seiden tracked down 515 people who were stopped...
I took another bus to the Golden Gate Bridge. I was crying. I was just so tired, so emotionally drained. I was just looking at people, wanting someone, anyone, to say, "Are you okay?" As much as I wanted that, I was hearing these voices saying, "You have to die...
I got off the bus at the bridge, and stood there crying. I went onto the span very slowly. Almost reluctantly. The whole time begging myself not to jump, but the voices were too strong, I just couldn't fight them.
I thought at that moment, nobody cares. Nobody cares. So I handed her her camera. She walked away. I walked as far back to the railing closest to the traffic as I could, I ran, and I catapulted myself over the bridge. I didn't get on the ledge to...