That is one every 8 days. There was a documentary made a few years ago where they just left a camera running pointed at the bridge. One guy who survived says he knew the instant he jumped that he had made a mistake. He asked God to save him.
That documentary is called “The Bridge” and it is truly heartbreaking — the camera shows people jumping off the bridge, including one who survived.
I’ve stood on that bridge and cannot imagine what kind of mind-set would drive someone to jump off of it.
There was some talk about putting up nets to catch the jumpers but there were arguments about the aesthetics of the nets and the whole thing was dropped several years ago.
According to the documentary, there’s been an average one jump/month since the bridge opened.
Reminds me of Paul's Case by Willa Cather, about a young man who ends up jumping from a bridge in front of a train.
When the right moment came, he jumped. As he fell, the folly of his haste occurred to him with merciless clearness, the vastness of what he had left undone.