"It's almost zero - that's phenomenal,"
"I wish it had been done so long ago so I didn't lose my son,"
"But it's done now. I'm grateful for that."
Two years after installation, the Golden Gate Bridge's marine-grade steel-mesh suicide barrier produced a sharp decline in fatal jumps. Last year four people died after jumping from the span, an 87% drop from the prior annual average of about 30 fatal falls. The bridge has recorded around 2,000 deaths since 1937, though not all were witnessed and not all bodies were recovered. Barrier planning spanned decades, with reviews in the 1970s and late 1990s, renewed attention after a 2004 documentary, construction beginning in 2018, and completion in 2024 at a cost of $224 million.
Read at The Mercury News
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