[...] After all, she lives beneath the suicide bridge. Since its construction in 1981, the Y-Bridge has served as the launch site for 43 suicides and countless more attempts.
But unlike most bridges that seduce jumpers, the bodies here don’t fall into rivers, lakes, or forests. They fall onto buildings and houses, and into backyards, like some weird, ominous plague.
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“The Suicide Bridge”
I think this article is inappropriate for this website. As a person who has attempted suicide, this type of article when I am in that frame of mind, would feed that need in me. What is the point in having this information on a website for people who are struggling with feelings that often seem uncontrollable. What is your point?
Lynn( Confused )
My point is that people need to understand that bridges draw people who are looking for an easy way out. Sure, a lot of people will find alternative ways, but every day where a bridge like this goes unprotected by a simple fence, is a day where another life may be lost.
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is the most famous example of this. In most communities that have large bridges of this nature, a fence is a standard component of the engineering for the bridge. You won’t find a modern bridge built today that doesn’t have a significant pedestrian fence. That’s on purpose and design and there’s no reason why older bridges should remain fence-free.
How much is a person’s life worth? A view? The cost of a fence?? I don’t get it.
I think all these things are really sad. 
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