<P> On June 5, 2014, at 4: 22 pm, 27 - year - old Sean Moylan of Novato, California, jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, ending his life . The Coast Guard pulled Moylan's body out of the waters beneath the bridge . Moylan was the grandson of John Moylan, a longtime member of the Golden Gate District board of directors who campaigned for the installation of suicide barriers on the bridge . The elder Moylan was president of the board when, in 2008, a historic decision was made to build the barrier at a cost of $68 million . John Moylan referred to his grandson's death as "heartbreaking"; however, he did not blame it on the lack of a barrier . Sean Moylan already had attempted suicide in February 2014; after a breakup with his girlfriend, Moylan walked in front of a truck in Oregon and was critically injured . </P> <P> Along with confirmed suicide deaths and suicide attempts at the bridge, there have been false suicides, as well . The first documented case of "pseudocide" at the Golden Gate Bridge was in 1948 . 47 - year old Chris J. Christensen was a well - known local jeweler who had been recently elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors . Christensen's coat was found attached to a work box at the center span of the bridge with a note in the coat that read, "Loved Ones: My nerves are shot . Please forgive me . Chris ." Believed to have jumped from the bridge, Christensen was declared dead and rumors abounded . Investigators concluded he was unable to cope with the pressures of being in public office . There were reports of Christensen having become friendly with a man described as "willowy...almost too good - looking to be considered handsome ." While Christensen introduced the man to friends and colleagues as his nephew, it was learned the man was not a relative, rather, a Navy sailor whom Christensen met in a Los Angeles bar . Over a year had passed when it was discovered Christensen was actually alive and selling Bibles in Houston, Texas . Found living in a low - rent rooming house and having lost 40 pounds, Christensen explained that campaign contributors who supported his election had asked him to "do things he couldn't do". Christensen saw himself as a failure and never returned to San Francisco . </P> <P> In 1985 28 - year - old Kenneth Baldwin jumped over and survived . He was rescued by the US Coast Guard, he suffered a few broken ribs and a bruised lung . </P> <P> On September 24, 2000, Kevin Hines was 19 years old, paranoid, and hallucinating when he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge . Throwing himself headfirst over the bridge railing, he fell 220 feet into San Francisco Bay . During the fall, his body rotated so that when Hines hit the water he landed in a sitting position, taking the impact in his legs and up through his back . Three of his vertebrae were shattered, lacerating his lower internal organs . A United States Coast Guard vessel rescued him, and he was transported to a hospital in San Francisco where he received emergency surgery . Following further, experimental surgery, any physical evidence of his experience is almost non-existent, and Hines has full mobility . Regarding his thoughts after the jump, Hines stated, "There was a millisecond of free fall . In that instant, I thought, what have I just done? I don't want to die . God, please save me ." Following his suicide attempt, Hines received some notoriety as a survivor, appearing in a documentary film, The Bridge (2006) and being interviewed on CNN by Larry King . Additionally, he wrote a book about his experience before and after his suicide attempt, Cracked, Not Broken, and became a mental health advocate as well as a proponent for a bridge suicide barrier or net to prevent such incidents . </P>

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