Friday, June 20, 2008
When I was in States, I went to the golden gate bridge. And being the number 1 suicide spot in the world, I can understand why so many people would choose to end their life there. In my opinion, I find the architecture extremely impressive and truly magnificent.
Taken from Wikipedia, "The Golden Gate Bridge is a frequent site for suicide. The deck is approximately 260 feet (79 m) above the water. After a fall of approximately four seconds jumpers hit the water at some 88 miles per hour (142 km/h), which is nearly always fatal. Most of those who survive the impact die in the frigid water."
Which also means that before you touch the waters, you'll most probably be dead unless you land with your foot.
And so, this brings me to something which I found on youtube. Its not gore but I would describe it as a beautiful tragic. Beautiful because of the way he chose to jump.
Notice the way he jumps.. I dunno. There must be a reason why he chose to do it. And so I did a little research and I actually found his blog.
http://freekboyg.livejournal.com/
Copy and paste the link if you wanna read it. I feel weird right now. Because I felt like I've gotten to know a complete stranger and I even have his death footage. Anyway, R.I.P.
Note: I find this video painful to watch because I do know of someone who has ended her life there.