[oldernittany]

Wonder if Obama's summer of recovery has anything to do with this despair.

[wastedyears]

That’s a racist answer. Back to the reeducation camp with you.

/sarc

[tsowellfan]

I hope they weren’t illegals upset that the Dream Act failed in Congress.

Nothing worse than to commit suicide with an unscratched million dollar ticket in your back pocket.

[Lancey Howard]

Note to self: Be sure to use the Tappan Zee on the way home tomorrow.

[Ken H]

...people who jump off towering structures tend to be more psychiatrically disturbed and more intent on killing themselves.

(slaps forehead) Why, of course! It's obvious once it's pointed out.

[zeestephen]

Re: “...people who jump off towering structures tend to be more psychiatrically disturbed and more intent on killing themselves.”

I don't recall hearing this testimony after that young gay student from New Jersey jumped off the GWBridge, and his roommate was charged with a hate crime.

[umgud]

Sad.

Such a permanent solution to such a temporary problem.

[I see my hands]

I read recently -on the internet- that nearly all jumpers who survive report that immediately after jumping they regret the action and are shocked at how fast they are falling.

A couple of thoughts on suicide.. When you are that depressed it is the wrong time to be making life and death decisions. Plus if life is handing you such disappointment then you should be afraid that death will provide no more peace than your other failed attempts at happiness.

[AmericanInTokyo]

We are the ones we have been waiting for. “Hope and Change.” Uh HUH! Yeah! Mmmm Mmmmm HMMMMM!!

[BigCinBigD]

” In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it’s like
When you’re shattered...”

[Brad from Tennessee]

In the late 1970’s California psychologist Dr. David Rosen interviewed seven people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and survived. There stories were amazing:

“. . . all of them had spiritual experiences during or straight after their jumps. They experienced feelings of intense peace and calm, an awareness of a ‘higher power’ and a connection to other human beings or the universe as a whole. And this state never faded. Although, in some cases it was several years since their jump, they had all retained this sense of meaning and well-being. In other words, they had undergone a permanent spiritual transformation. Most jumpers black out on hitting the water, but two of Rosen’s interviewees remained conscious, and had profound spiritual experiences right at that moment. . .”

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201110/the-jumpers-what-happens-after-person-jumps-the-golden-gate-bridge-surv

[who knows what evil?]

As long as they don’t land on some innocent boater; who cares?

[Steely Tom]

He counted to ten again, then vaulted over. “I still see my hands coming off the railing,” he said. As he crossed the chord in flight, Baldwin recalls, “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.”

Source.

[Happy Rain]

Guess some people just can’t live without their Big Gulps.

[DH]

I just love these stories about “bridge jumpers” who try to kill themselves due to namely financial problems.

If they survive, they are placed into our medical establishment’s money making machines called hospitals and when all “fixed up” released on the streets once again.

Only problem is that their original financial problems are now small due to the HUGE financial burden they have incurred by the medical industry.

Now, find a physiologist to fix that...and be sure to charge the old “bridge diver” for that too.

[Condor51]

So far this year, nine people have jumped to their deaths from the 212-foot high span (George 'Washington' Bridge) into the Hudson River, nearly twice as many as the five people who killed themselves last year, said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Since 2000, suicides off the bridge have averaged about six a year, although 10 jumped to their deaths in 2004 and 13 in 2010, according to the Port Authority.

Gee whiz now what could be driving these people of NYC to total madness? What exactly has happened in NYC in that time span?

Hmmm... this is a toughie, as it can't be Obama's fault, they love him there. So what else could it be??? WAIT! Could it be because of...??? Yeah ... it could... it's very possible!
The midget dictator, Der Führer, Mikey 'ADOLPH' Bloomberg!!!

First Führer Bloomberg went after Trans Fats and no one spoke up. Then Der Führer Bloomie went after Smokers, and no one spoke up. But now, it's Big Sodas Der verrückte Führer wants to ban - and then his hand picked Food Gestapo decided (on their own I'm sure) to go after anything with sugar in it, and that was it. Now there's nobody left to speak up and the people are going insane.

So they just can't take it anymore and are opting to kill themselves by nose-diving off NYC's Bridges. Really, it's too bad they just couldn't get a gun and use a single bullet to their temple. That'd save the city a lot of search and cleanup money and alleviate the track jams on the bridges caused by the High Dive Suicides.

Bang up job you're doing Bloomie Adolph. So what's next on your 'For Their Own Good' Ban List, huh asshat.
White Bread? Butter? Whole Milk? Coffee?

[albie]

These people are always cloggin up traffic. Let ‘em jump.

[Haiku Guy]

Tyler Clementi jumped off the GWB in the famous Rutgers Web-Cam case. Because it became a political case, Mr. Clementi was treated very favorably in the press, and it became very fashionable to bemoan the circumstances of his death. He became a much more sympathetic and famous figure in death than he ever was in life.

This sort of thing is like catnip to certain people who are craving attention and sympathy, who simply cannot save the drama for their momma, and have to play out their problems on a public stage.

The sad thing is that each new bridge jumper is completely anonymous. Everybody is back to not caring again, because there is no political hook to be attached to these new cases. All they do is move the clicker one more notch, from “8” to “9” on the GWB 2012 Jumper Counter.

[Texas Eagle]

Hope ‘n’ Change yessirree.

[ETL]

If this keeps up, there’ll soon be a waiting list to jump.

[donna]

I wonder what the people have in common.

Perhaps they are all taking Ritalin.