CPOY 73 Interpretive Project Bronze: Poll 77
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is the second most popular place in the world to commit suicide. After Kyle Gamboa, 18, of Sacramento, California, jumped to his death in 2013, his family has attended every monthly Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District board meeting to campaign for a suicide barrier. In August 2018, construction began for the barrier.
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June 23, 2018
Erika Brooks, who lost her adopted daughter to a Golden Gate Bridge suicide, writes names of other suicide victims at Baker Beach near the bridge. Names in the Sand is an annual event where families and friends commemorate their loved ones by writing every recorded name of a Golden Gate Bridge suicide victim - around 2,000 - in the sand and watch the waves wash them away.
Liz Moughon / Ohio University
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