This is so even though since December 2011, at least six suicide deaths have occurred at the Verrazano, and five additional attempts have been made. Despite two people jumping to their deaths from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island over a recent two week period, the MTA says it has no plans to review its suicide deterrants. Research shows that if those with suicidal thoughts can get through these temporary moments, there is real hope that they can be saved. He would have realized his plan was foiled, and I’d like to think he’d have been forced to calm down and regroup. If Jeff had driven to the bridge on November 9th, 2010, only to find that he couldn’t jump because there were barriers preventing him from doing so, what do you think he would have done? I guarantee you he wouldn’t have tried to scale the barrier. We’ve got to make it difficult for those going through temporary bouts of despair to execute on these misguided plans. The only way to cut down or possibly eliminate the number of suicides resulting from bridge jumping is to erect barriers–I suggest wire mesh barriers that I have seen on bridges in other states.
I don’t think Jeff would have sought solace from a stranger on the other end of a bridge phone during his last moments. But when something snapped on November 9th and he arrived at the bridge, do you think Jeff thought for a split second about picking up a Lifeline phone? His loving family couldn’t convince him how precious his life was. Really, John? And those phones have really done the trick so far, haven’t they? Is this a joke? I spent every waking moment during Jeff’s last two months talking to him and trying to make him understand why he had everything to live for.
#Man jumps off bear mountain bridge 2021 Patch#
This is the fourth suicide victim, including Jeff, from our town that I’m aware of in the last three years According to a Chappaqua Patch article on the suicide, John Belluci, a spokesman for the New York State Bridge Authority, said the bridge contains four Lifeline phones for people contemplating suicide. On Wednesday morning, according to press reports, a 52 year old resident of Chappaqua, jumped to his death off the Bear Mountain Bridge, the very same launching pad that Jeff utilized nearly two and a half years ago.
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