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January 9, 2024

Stainless-steel suicide nets now hang from both sides of 1.7-mile Golden Gate Bridge

  • Shimmick Construction and Danny's Construction say they have lost about $100 million on the project, and spent another $100 million to ensure its completion.
    • By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge the moment his hands released the rail and he plunged the equivalent of 25 stories into the Pacific Ocean, breaking his back.

    Hines miraculously survived his suicide attempt at age 19 in September 2000 as he struggled with bipolar disorder, one of about 40 people who survived after jumping off the bridge.


     
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