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Golden Gate Suicides

Posted in Death by Greg Ross on September 30th, 2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Golden_Gate_Bridge_from_underneath.jpg

Jump off the Golden Gate Bridge and you'll fall for four seconds and hit the water at 75 mph.

More than 1,300 people have attempted suicide in this way, and as of 2003, at least 26 have survived the jump. Many say they changed their minds in midair.