![]() ![]() He says he regretted trying to kill himself and that it was mental illness that led to his attempt. ![]() Hines, who also works as an advocate for suicide prevention, says the few who've survived don't attempt suicide again. To get the work done, crews are working six nights a week, with lane closures in both directions. But more brackets and the net are still being manufactured. Some steel brackets that will hold the net on both sides of the bridge have been installed. "The essence of what we're trying to do is to prevent suicides and to save lives," says Clemens. ![]() In 2014, funding for the $210 million project became available. Bridge officials say the suicide prevention net will be paid for by state and federal funds along with bridge tolls. "For a long time, the Golden Gate Bridge board wasn't ready to make the investment in a suicide prevention net," says Priya Clemens, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge.īut times and attitudes about mental health have changed. It took decades to see a suicide prevention net come to fruition. Transforms it into a place of hope," says Ross who's working with Hines on the film. "Transform the bridge for the people who may not have a positive image of it. The film will show the need for a suicide prevention net and the long struggle to turn it into a reality. Hines described it as a duty and something he must do. He is teaming up with filmmaker Andrew Ross to make a documentary called "The Net." "I was drowning when I jumped and if it wasn't for the sea lion that was circling beneath me and kept me afloat until the Coast Guard boat was behind me, I would not be here," he said. He was a 19-year-old struggling with mental illness when he jumped off the bridge in September 2000. "What some call the most beautiful man-made structure in the world will finally become the greatest, largest and brightest beacon for suicide prevention around the world," Hines said. Hines says the partnership between bridge officials and Bridge Rail Foundation, an advocacy group of suicide prevention, made the steel net possible. ![]()
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