impact trauma kills you when you jump off the golden gate bridge.
impact trauma kills you when you jump off the golden gate bridge.
what kills you when you jump off the golden gate bridge?
impact trauma
on september 24, 2000, kevin hines was 19 years old, paranoid, and hallucinating when he jumped off the golden gate bridge. throwing himself headfirst over the bridge railing, he fell 220 feet into san francisco bay. during the fall, his body rotated so that when hines hit the water he landed in a sitting position, taking the impact in his legs and up through his back. three of his vertebrae were shattered, lacerating his lower internal organs. a united states coast guard vessel rescued him, and he was transported to a hospital in san francisco where he received emergency surgery. following further, experimental surgery, any physical evidence of his experience is almost non-existent, and hines has full mobility. regarding his thoughts after the jump, hines stated, "there was a millisecond of free fall. in that instant, i thought, what have i just done? i don't want to die. god, please save me." following his suicide attempt, hines received some notoriety as a survivor, appearing in a documentary film, "the bridge" (2006) and being interviewed on cnn by larry king. additionally, he wrote a book about his experience before and after his suicide attempt, "cracked, not broken", and became a mental health advocate as well as a proponent for a bridge suicide barrier or net to prevent such incidents.
suicides at the golden gate bridge
golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district









































the golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district is a special-purpose district that owns and operates three regional transportation assets in the san francisco bay area:









































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section::::history and responsibilities.
golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district