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| Subject: Rights violation: Golden Gate Bridge to get suicide net Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:09 pm | |
| San Francisco bridge officials have approved the construction of suicide-prevention nets alongside the Golden Gate Bridge.
The bridge's board voted unanimously on a $76m (£45m) funding package.
Since the bridge opened in 1937, more than 1,400 people have killed themselves by jumping off the bridge, including a record 46 suicides in 2013.
The vote marks a last step in what has been a decades-long campaign by families of suicide victims.
"For survivors, seeing more people added to our group while waiting for a funding package has been excruciating," said John Brooks, whose daughter died after jumping off the bridge in 2008.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28061544#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
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