The Final Leap (44 page)

Welte, Jim. “Grim Portrait of Bridge Suicides.”
Marin Independent Journal
September 10, 2009.

Wilkes, Jim. “Bridge a ‘Veil' of Hope.”
Toronto Star
, January 21, 2003.

Wollan, Malia. “Funding for Golden Gate Bridge Barrier OK'd.”
New York Times
, July 29, 2010.

Zemora, Jim Herron. “Bridge Suicide No. 987.”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 26, 1995.

Zinko, Carolyne. “Ammiano Pushing to Get Started on Bridge Suicide Barrier Study.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 8, 2006.

———. “Gate Bridge District to Start Study of Barriers.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 11, 2006.

———. “Golden Gate Star of Dark Documentary.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, April 29, 2006.

———. “Lethal Beauty: The Advocate.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 3, 2005.

———. “Lethal Beauty: An Inside Look at Who Jumps.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 31, 2007.

———. “Lethal Beauty: The Barrier Debate.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 3, 2005.

———. “Lethal Beauty: The Bureaucracy Barrier.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 3, 2005.

———. “Lethal Beauty: The Toronto Example.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 3, 2005.

———. “35 Jumped to Their Deaths Last Year.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, January 11, 2008.

———. “Three Options Offered for Bridge Suicide Barrier.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 24, 2007.

———. “Suicide Barrier Is Called Feasible.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 25, 2007.

———. “Suicide Barrier Study Gets Push.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 25, 2006.

———. “Shoes Memorialize Bridge Jumpers.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, September 28, 2008.

 

Olson, Jenni.
The Joy of Life.
San Francisco, 2005.

Steel, Eric.
The Bridge.
New York, 2005.

 

Abstract: “Suicide and the Bridge: A Search for Solutions.” November 19, 1969 suicide symposium.

Lawsuit: Claim of death of Leonard Branzuela by Maria Martinez, filed September 5, 1995.

Lawsuit: Petition for review after final decision of the Court of Appeal, November 6, 1995.

Minutes: Golden Gate Bridge District board of directors meetings, 1940 to 2010.

Minutes: Golden Gate Bridge District building and operating committee, 1970 to the present.

Pamphlet: “A Bridge Suicide is Suspected: What Do You Do Now?” The Bridge Rail Foundation, 2008.

Report: Public safety patrol twelve-month evaluation, April 1, 1996 through March 24, 1997.

Speech: “The Critical Relationship Between Suicides and Publicity.” Dale W. Luehring, Golden Gate Bridge District General Manager, at the November 19, 1969, suicide symposium.

 

www.suicidology.org
(American Association of Suicidology)

www.afsp.org
(American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)

www.bridgerail.org
(Bridge Rail Foundation)

[email protected]
(California Strategic Plan on Suicide Prevention)

www.ggbsuicidebarrier.org
(Golden Gate Bridge District)

http://goldengatebridge.org
(Golden Gate Bridge District)

http://goldengatebridgesuicides.com
(Dayna Whitmer's Web site in memory of her son)

www.ilovecasey.com
(John Brooks's Web site in memory of his daughter)

www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
(National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)

www.pfnc.org
(Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California)

www.samhsa.gov
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

www.sprc.org
(Suicide Prevention Resource Center)

 

Adams, John,
104

Aldrich, Walt,
49

Allstott, Mark,
143

American Association of Suicidology,
94
,
140
,
212
,
233
,
234
,
248
–
49

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,
249

Ammiano, Tom,
51
,
74
,
162
,
176
,
177
–
78
,
182
,
218

Anderson, Scott,
199
–
200
,
205

Anshen & Allen,
37
–
39
,
41
,
49

Applewhite, Marshall,
242

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training,
140

Arroyo Seco Bridge,
203

Augusta Memorial Bridge,
202

Aurora Bridge,
20
,
214
–
16

 

Baker, Thomas C. III,
103

Baldwin, Ken,
16
,
109
–
12
,
116
–
18
,
126
,
127

Barr, Sarah,
74

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART),
169
,
213

Bay Bridge,
20
,
25
,
138
,
221

Bea, Robert,
48
–
51

Beck, Aaron T.,
20
,
236

Benson, Heidi,
208

Berkeley Daily Planet
,
137

Birnbaum, Sarah,
101

Blaustein, Mel,
111
,
137
–
39
,
162
–
63
,
173
,
175
,
211

Bloor Street Bridge.
See
Prince Edward Viaduct

Boro, Al,
166

Bowden, Casey,
49

Branzuela, Leonard,
67
–
68
,
251

Bridge, The
,
18
,
75
,
97
,
155
,
160
–
63
,
165
,
167
–
68
,
177
.
See also
Steel, Eric

Bridge Rail Foundation,
66
,
94
,
175
–
76
,
182
,
204
,
218
–
19

Bridging ceremony,
97

Brooks, Casey,
1
–
6
,
70
–
74
,
92
,
181
,
195
,
219
,
220
,
251

Brooks, Erika,
2
–
6
,
70
–
74
,
93

Brooks, John,
2
–
6
,
70
–
74
,
93
,
195
–
96
,
207
,
210
,
219
–
20

Brown, Allen,
84
,
102

Brown, Jerry,
193

Brown, Willie,
169

Buffano, Benjamin,
30

 

California Highway Patrol,
5
,
17
,
34
,
44
,
65
,
67
,
68
,
84
,
85
–
86
,
125
,
144
,
146
,
147
,
154
,
172
,
199

Campion, Carney,
164

Camus, Albert,
244

Carter, Pam,
83

Cherny, Robert,
77

Cherny, Sarah,
77

Christopher, George,
42

Clifton Suspension Bridge,
202

Cobain, Kurt,
237
–
38

Cold Spring Bridge,
214
,
217

Colt, George Howe,
38
,
207
–
8
,
245
–
46

Contra Costa Crisis Center,
7
,
221

Coronado Bridge,
214

Crocker, Charles,
23

Crowther, Olivia,
132
–
33

Currie, Mary,
144
,
162
,
167
–
68
,
170

 

Demont, August,
84

Demont, Marilyn,
84

Dixon, Maynard,
30

Doyle, John Thomas,
81

Draper, John,
201
–
3

Duke Ellington Bridge,
201
–
2

Dunn, Lori,
49
–
50

Dunn, Patricia,
78
–
79

Duomo, The,
8

Durkan, Tim,
215
–
16

Durkheim, Emile,
20
,
231
–
33
,
240

Dyble, Louise Nelson,
168

 

Eddie, James,
166
,
171

Eiffel Tower,
8
,
78
,
138

Elitzur, Avshalom C.,
150

Ellis, Charles,
28
–
29
,
52
–
53

Ellis, Linda,
99

Empire State Building,
8
,
78
,
138

 

Fedden, H.R.,
39

Finch, Mark,
155

Fitzgerald, Patrick,
63

Fleming, Anne,
139

Fraser, Edwin M.,
40

Fremont, John,
23

Friend, Tad,
51
,
111
,
154
,
157
,
176
,
208

 

Gallagher, Charles Jr.,
75

Garrett, Duane,
15
,
76

George Washington Memorial Bridge.
See
Aurora Bridge

Giacomini, Mervin C.,
42

Giannini, A.P.,
31

Golden Gate Bridge: color of,
30
; design and construction,
11
,
14
,
23
–
33
,
47
–
51
; light poles,
95
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96
; suicide barrier,
12
,
18
–
20
,
34
–
51
,
138
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178
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84
,
188
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89
,
191
–
98
,
200
–
211
,
212
,
217
–
20
; wind resistance,
46
–
48

Golden Gate Bridge District,
11
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17
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18
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26
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34
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48
,
51
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57
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60
,
64
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68
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70
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73
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75
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77
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78
,
93
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94
,
97
,
136
,
141
,
144
,
147
,
148
,
153
,
154
,
158
,
162
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163
–
64
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165
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73
,
174
,
176
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82
,
188
,
189
,
194
,
210
,
214
,
217
–
18

Golden Gate Bridge jumpers: autopsies,
86
–
92
; death notifications,
15
,
89
–
90
; demographics of,
10
,
42
,
94
–
98
; impact on body,
11
,
82
; impact on loved ones,
14
,
56
–
79
; publicity,
15
,
41
–
42
,
93
–
95
,
97
–
99
,
154
,
220
; survivors,
15
,
101
–
28
,
222
–
24
; youngest,
84

Golden Gate Bridge Patrol,
5
,
6
,
17
,
42
–
43
,
46
,
81
,
84
,
104
,
123
,
125
,
144
–
47
,
159
,
162
,
221
,
225

Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
158
,
173
,
174

Goldin, Lorrie,
197
–
98

Govil, Gauri,
164

Grafton Bridge,
202

Grimes, Roger,
208

Grossboll, Dick,
166

Gunn High School,
213
n

Guss, Michael,
108
–
9

 

Halfway-to-Hell Club,
33

Hall, Eric,
222
–
25

Hallett, Margaret,
178

Hansen, Diane,
80

Harvard School of Public Health,
200
–
201

Heaven's Gate,
242
–
43

Heckler, Richard,
126

Hemingway, Ernest,
228

Hines, Kevin,
16
,
74
,
101
,
112
–
16
,
118
–
21
,
126
,
127
,
165
,
182

Hines, Patrick,
113
–
14
,
115
,
116
,
120
,
165
,
175
,
183