Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Golden Gate Bridge

It is very disturbing to hear that the Golden Gate Bridge is sadley not only a popular place to visit but that it is also the number one spot for suicides. The board of the Golden Gate Bridge is trying to think of solutions to this terrible problem, but so far everything that they have come up with is very costly reaching totals of up to $15.25 million. According to an article titled "Golden Gate Bridge: Suicide Proofed. Sorta" written by Susie Cagle the bridge is already in debt by more that $90 million. So how do they plan on getting the money to build a suicide catcher net? The bridge commitee has already made attempts to suicide proof the bridge by placing cameras on the bridge and putting distress phones in locations along the bridge. I feel like it is a good idea to try and suicide proof the bridge but i do not think that it is realistic for this time because of how much it will cost to do this.  Source: http://www.ggbsuicidebarrier.org/

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