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Lesley McClurg

After decades of advocacy, suicide deterrent finally comes to the Golden Gate Bridge

A stainless steel safety net sits below the sidewalk on the Golden Gate Bridge on Jan. 5, 2024, to discourage people from jumping and to catch those who do. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Michael James Bishop left his apartment on Pine Street in San Francisco around 8:45 a.m. on March 28, 2011. He drove his gray Honda to the parking lot at the Golden Gate Bridge. He scrawled a detailed suicide note and laid it on his car seat.

The sun was shining for the first time in weeks. It was 51 degrees outside. The 28-year-old with brown curly hair, green eyes and silver-rimmed glasses stepped out of his car and walked to the middle of the bridge. Then Bishop turned toward San Francisco and leapt.

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