QUESTION OF THE WEEK #18
The #1 Jump Off
This Week's Question:
Should San Francisco spend $15-25 million dollars to build a barrier underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides?
Brief background: The Golden Gate Bridge is the #1 suicide landmark in the world. Since it opened in 1937, an estimated 1,300 people -- about 20 a year -- have ended their lives there. Jumps are almost always fatal; only a dozen or so have survived. The City is currently entertaining proposals for designs for a potential barrier and studying their potential environmental and design impact.
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