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Sgt. Kevin Briggs Stops Suicides on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
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| 10/03/2013
| CATHY FREE AND KEN LEE
Posted on 10/10/2013 2:01:30 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
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To: JerseyanExile
God Bless this man. He is an angel.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:02:47 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: JerseyanExile
When I start considering a plunge off the bridge, at least now I know where to go to make sure I don’t actually follow through with it. Bookmarked and noted for future reference (may very well need it).
To: freedom462
To: JRandomFreeper
Let’s do it together, how about that?
To: freedom462
To: JerseyanExile
How does plunging into the ocean necessarily kill you?
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:10:35 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: fwdude
The sheer impact combined with the fact that even if the fall does not actually kill you, you would almost certainly drown before even regaining consciousness. Once you land in the ocean, I imagine your chances of making it to land are slim to none.
To: fwdude
Impact + hypothermia. That's enough.
/johnny
To: fwdude
The speed achieved from falling from that height means that the water acts almost like a solid. Look up non-Newtonian fluids. Its not like hitting concrete, but close enough as to make no difference.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:16:06 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: fwdude
The results for people who jump off the bridge here in tampa are fairly severe. A few people have survived if they were pulled out quickly enough to prevent drowning.
From people who have found them the impact breaks most of their bones. Theyve said its like trying in a big sack of jello. Thats from 185 feet.
The ones who aren’t rescued drown and get eaten by sharks usually.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:16:50 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: freedom462; fwdude
The sheer impact combined with the fact that even if the fall does not actually kill you, you would almost certainly drown before even regaining consciousness. Once you land in the ocean, I imagine your chances of making it to land are slim to none.You might even die from hypothermia. The water in the bay is COLD (that's why the Bay Area has such nice weather).
To: fwdude
How does plunging into the ocean necessarily kill you? The key thing is the "220 feet".
You are falling at quite a rate when you hit the surface.
If you don't hit the surface at just exactly the correct angle and position, you'll be killed by the impact. Water is NOT that soft.
And if you DO hit it at just exactly the correct angle,you will go so deep as to not be able to surface before drowning.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:19:34 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: JerseyanExile
"People who come to jump don't necessarily want to die," They want to fly?
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:20:49 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: JRandomFreeper
Okay, so you die by multiple factors instead of one.
I think I’d rather just jump onto rocks and forestall any chance of lingering suffering.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:21:01 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: fwdude
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:21:41 PM PDT
by
informavoracious
(Of course I want people to have healthcare, I just didn't know I was the one who would be paying...)
To: fwdude
Hitting the water from 220 feet up is pretty close to hitting concrete from the same height.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:24:19 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: fwdude
Gunshot to the head is better. Not that I’ve thought about it much. Today....
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:24:20 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Communists never negotiate.)
To: 1rudeboy
God Bless this man. He is an angel. Yep.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:26:07 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: henkster
I was a Paramedic for several years. Seen that go wrong too.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:28:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists take the stand: "There is no God AND I hate Him.")
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