On a Bridge of Sighs, the Suicidal Meet a Staying Hand
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A volunteer in China patrols the Yangtze River Bridge to discourage suicide jumpers.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - A 79-year-old woman suffered only bruises after a drawbridge opened beneath her as she walked across it, leaving her dangling from the structure.  Helen Koton said she did not hear any warning signals before the bridge began to open with her nearly halfway across.
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A senior Health Ministry official told staff at Abarbanel Mental Health Center that suicidal patients should be put in restraints.
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Faced with a wave of suicides by South  Koreans from all walks of life, Yoo Byoung-jong has taken on a  new job.
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One will rise and one must fall.  The phone rings. It's Mom. She wants to know if I'm still alive. This happens more often than you'd think. A bridge has collapsed. I wasn't on it (sorry, guys), but I may well have been.  Hanging up with Mom, I do what every self-respecting blogger with delusions of legitimate journalistic credentials would do: put on my headphones, grab the camera, hop on the bike and go scoop the MSM.
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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Heroes arenÂt born with a golden spoon in their mouth. More often than not theyÂre people who struggle against all odds to make a place for themselves  in society.
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Chicago Tribune - Gabriel Boul, a Sudanese refugee who was torn from his family at the age of 7, clung to life for more than a month, fueled by the hope that he would see his mother again. He died last week surrounded by friends, but the person he most wanted there never came.
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San Francisco officials are again  grappling with an issue as old as the Golden Gate Bridge: how  to stop people from killing themselves by jumping off the  city's most famous landmark.
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There is a disturbing trend in South Korea: people using the Web to trade tips about suicide and, in some cases, to form suicide pacts.
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The Angels have been here before, and in that they find some solace.
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Many of this springâs accessories offer a droll antidote for these worrisome days.
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One night while channel surfing, I happened upon the odylic movie "The Bridge" on IFC. I tried to change the channel but was mesmerized and unable to look away. The movie is a hauntingly, beautiful tale of suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
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They sought refuge in a towel factory. As they entered, many of the factory workers were still there, clinging to the floor, trying to steer clear of stray bullets.
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The sight of a sobbing orphan stranded in a landscape of death and disaster moves people deeply.
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Reader Reshmi Menon sends us a picture.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.