Pedestrians walk across the George Washington Bridge, underneath netting designed to prevent jumping off the bridge, in New York. In recent years, officials who oversee so-called suicide hotspots like San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, which spans New York City and New Jersey, have worked to install prevention or deterrent systems. — AP
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Pedestrians walk across the George Washington Bridge, underneath netting designed to prevent jumping off the bridge, in New York. In recent years, officials who oversee so-called suicide hotspots like San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, which spans New York City and New Jersey, have worked to install prevention or deterrent systems. — AP
Retired California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs poses below the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. Briggs responded to many suicide attempts on the Golden Gate Bridge during his career. He met Kevin Berthia in 2005 when Berthia attempted suicide and now the two speak nationally about suicide prevention. Briggs joined the CHP in 1990 and began responding to emergencies on the bridge in 1994, where he would work with people in crisis four to six times a month. He retired in 2013. — AP
Two women pass by as from left, service operator William Sangregory, ironworker Phillip Chaney, patrol officer Nicolas Serrano and lieutenant Roger Elauria, talk by a patrol vehicle on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. — AP
Berthia, who has survived his own suicide attempts, poses in Sacramento, California. Berthia has turned his experience, including a suicide attempt on the Golden Gate Bridge, into advocacy for other people in crisis. — AP
People walk past an emergency phone and numbers for crisis counseling on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. In recent years, officials who oversee so-called suicide hotspots like San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, which spans New York City and New Jersey, have worked to install prevention or deterrent systems. — AP
The lower Manhattan skyline is seen through the fence and netting covering the pedestrian walkway on the George Washington Bridge in New York. In recent years, officials who oversee so-called suicide hotspots like San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, which spans New York City and New Jersey, have worked to install prevention or deterrent systems. — AP
Retired California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs looks out at the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. Briggs responded to many suicide attempts on the Golden Gate Bridge during his career. He met Kevin Berthia in 2005 when Berthia attempted suicide and now the two speak nationally about suicide prevention. Briggs joined the CHP in 1990 and began responding to emergencies on the bridge in 1994, where he would work with people in crisis four to six times a month. He retired in 2013. — AP
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