One of the more fascinating documentaries you could ever watch is The Bridge, a film that delved into trying to figure out what drove a group of people to jump off of the Golden Gate bridge over period of a year.
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of that film was that one man, distraught over a series of personal and professional setbacks, attempted to kill himself by jumping off the bridge but survived. After his failed suicide attempt, his life turned around…he fell in love, found a great job, etc. You almost can’t help but wonder if the same thing might happen with the girl who tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend but survived the dive and the time she spent in the icy waters.
Reports the Daily News:
A suicidal Manhattan woman, clad only in her pajamas, survived a 120-foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the icy East River early Saturday.
A pair of NYPD divers found the woman conscious and treading water near the Manhattan shoreline after her leap from the world-renowned span around 7 a.m., police said.
“If she went hypothermic and couldn’t keep herself afloat, she would have died,” said Detective Michael Cocchi, one of the rescuers.
The 22-year-old jumper was spotted on the bridge walkway in her pajamas by passersby who called police just before sunrise.
Hopefully, this young lady’s second chance will result in her finding some inner peace and happiness.
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that's crazy. i hope she learned something from that.
Everyone needs to love and pray for everyone in this life. We are in this together and we need each other before, during, and after life's storms and trials.
Everyone is equal… from the honorable president of our great nation to the homeless person. Absolutely and unconditionally equal despite the lies in this life that say otherwise.
No one truly wants to die, though when life hurts and no one is there to help us heal… anyone can make the mistake of suicide. Anyone.
Loving your neighbor means more than the emotion. And everyone in this life is our neighbor.
God bless.
Cool, she'll have some great stories to tell for the holidays and to her kids and grand kids.
Mongo, I find your presumption that she'll have kids and grandkids ignorant and insulting. The very reason she attempted suicide may very well be the dysfunction of her own family, and that continuing that dysfunction should be the last thing she ought to do.
wow dutch – way to add insult to (amazingly lack of) injury. nice.
Anyway, to the advertisers for the BNE show – you left some of your product on the mailbox outside my building. Please come claim it before it's value is discovered.
The woman was probably a failure at everything she attempted-including her suicide attempt. She must be thinking WHATS WRONG WITH ME????
Next time she should put rocks in her pockets.
Why don't all of you ignorant individuals that don't have anything better to do than to comment on people's misfortunes get a life!
I have some theories of why this lady attempted suicide. As I live in North Beach, San Francisco and have had discussions about suicide with the U.S. Coast Guard who tends to suicides and attempted suicides off the Golden Gate bridge, where according to them only ten (10) have survived.
This lady that went off the Brooklyn bridge did not jump from the highest point of the bridge thus guaranteeing her potential survival.
I suspect her jump was timed around Christmas and most likely seeking attention from a boyfriend/husband or family member (s) or just P.R.
We (North Beach, S.F.) have an individual who jumped off a roof survived and got much attention. Recently he again jumped out a window 2 story's up six months after his first jump. This tells me his poetry is not selling and to boost sales he jumps again but out a 2 story window.
People like this are very selfishly self centered and worship attention.
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I am stunned at the cruelty from some of the people here who commented. One day if you suffer a severe depression you will learn that prolonged hopelessness is consistent with suicide attempts and what a terrorizing and horrific existence it is to suffer from. It's time to start according mental illness some respect. Shame to anyone who would speak so poorly of someone obviously suffering in an excruciating way.
She'll get attention. Attempted suicide may be prosecuted as a felony in NYS but is it is more likely she'll be taken to a hospital for an evaluation. If she is deemed a danger to herself or others, she'll be institutionalized and treated.
I witnessed the suicide of a friend, and finally understood the meaning of tragedy, because there was nothing that could have dissuaded him. He suffered the worst form of multiple sclerosis as a result of Agent Orange poisoning in Vietnam, and was at the stage where in a few more days he might not have been able to squeeze the trigger of the pistol that ended his life. Anyone who could joke about this is a sick person indeed, and probably has not suffered enough in life to identify with another's pain, or seen hope at an impossible distance. Only an insensitive and ill-bred child could find something amusing in such a sad thing. Life is an exquisite gift, and only the inability to endure more pain can induce one to throw it off.
The only person that knows why this woman jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge is the woman herself, and perhaps anyone she chooses to confide in. The assumptions being made here are extraordinarily arrogant, and some, even cruel. It´s indicative of the sort of society we´re currently living in and contributing to, where we seem to be poised ready with callous judgements about people we´ve never met and know nothing about. We speak as though our opinions are confirmed facts, eagerly spreading malaise, bitterness, and contempt in a world that is already saturated with these and worse. A little more compassion and charity for each other, expressed by each one of us in our own way, would contribute to creating a better society from which we´d all benefit. What goes around, comes around….
OMG Joann. I cant beleave this. One what the heck are u doing in Brooklyn NY. I blame her Ex boyfriend that harion scum. This poor girl has been threw some shit because of him Since she was 16. Jo your mom was with you then. That i can beleave. And if ur dad reads this drop your nasty mean wife and help save your daughter. You know what I'm talking about. jo I hope u come home. We all love you. Love LBI and the Kenney family
Some of use Are a$$$ she lived on( LBI) most of her life she is one hell of a swimmer. Its the fall that wood have taking her life, But like i said her Mom was not letting her come home just yet.. god must have a better plan for her she just doesnt know it yet.