Suicide-prevention net beneath Golden Gate Bridge completed, say officials
GuardianJAN 2024
San Francisco has done the right thing. While critics may complain about the cost of the project, there's no price tag on human life. The Golden Gate Bridge has tragically seen nearly 2K people take their lives, and this project was necessary to give people a chance to reconsider suicide and choose to continue living.
In typical California fashion, a public project comes years too late, millions of dollars over budget, and not fully complete. While the project is well-intentioned, it's merely a Band-Aid that many psychiatrists doubt will even stop suicides. Of course, a physical net will prevent people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, but it doesn’t do anything to meaningfully help individuals and stop them from committing suicide elsewhere.