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Authors: John Bateson

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ARTICLES

ABC News.
“The Bridge of Death.” October 2006.

ABC News.
“Man Survives Suicide Jump from Golden Gate Bridge.” April 28, 2006.

Adamick, Mike. “Destination Suicide.”
Contra Costa Times
, March 11, 2005.

Allen, Michael O. “Barriers May Buff Golden Gate's Taint.”
New York Daily News
, June 1, 1997.

Allen, Teresa. “Debate Over Bridge Barrier Moves into its 50
th
Year.”
Marin Independent Journal
, October 12, 1986.

Anderson, Scott. “The Urge to End It All.”
New York Times Magazine
, July 6, 2008.

Ashley, Guy. “New Suicide Barrier Plan.”
Marin Independent Journal
, March 7, 1997.

———. “Suicide Barrier Picks Up Momentum.”
Marin Independent Journal
, December 14, 1996.

———. “Suicide Fence Delays Anger Bridge Board.”
Marin Independent Journal
, September 6, 1997.

———. “Talks Reignite Over Suicide Barrier on Golden Gate.”
Marin Independent Journal,January
27, 1997.

Associated Press.
“Advisor to Gore Is Found Dead in San Francisco.”
Seattle Times
, July 28, 1995.

Augarten, Stan. “ Subject: Suicide.”
Columbia Journalism Review
, July/August, 1982.

Benson, Heidi. “Lethal Beauty: Saving a Life.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 5, 2005.

Benefield, Kerry and Johnson, Julie. “Windsor Teen Survives Leap from Golden Gate Bridge.”
Press Democrat
, March 11, 2011.

Berton, Justin. “Evidence Leads Police to Believe Danville Teenager Killer Herself.:
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 26, 2011.

Blum, Andrew. “Suicide Watch.”
New York Times
, March 20, 2005.

Bower, Amanda. “A Survivor Talks About His Leap.”
Time
, May 24, 2006.

Brazil, Eric. “Lawyer's Jump from Bridge Baffles Friends, Colleagues.”
San Francisco Examiner
, October 5, 1994.

Breslau, Karen. “An Unblinking Look at Suicide.”
Newsweek
, October 20, 2006.

Brenner, Keri. “Marin Joins Campaign for Barrier on Bridge.”
Marin Independent Journal
, March 2, 2005.

Broom, Jack. “Work to Begin Next Week on Barrier Fence for Aurora Bridge.”
Seattle Times
, April 14, 2010.

Brooks, John R. “A Bridge's Tragic Toll.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 16, 2008.

Cabanatuan, Michael, “Bay Bridge Suicides Feared.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 11, 2006.

———. “Big Plans to Mark Bridge's Milestone.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 13, 2011.

———. “Bridge Directors Vote for Net to Deter Suicides.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, October 11, 2008.

———. “The Great Barrier Debate.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 9, 2008.

———. “Panel to Weigh Design Funds for Suicide Net.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 18, 2010.

———. “Suicide Barrier, Carpool Toll Likelier.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 13, 2010.

Cook, Gale. “A Marin Blueprint for a New Golden Gate Bridge Agency.”
San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
, February 19, 1978.

Cooper, Lara. “Landmark Bridges Around the World Employ Suicide Barriers.”
Noozhawk
, May 4, 2010.

Craib, Ralph. “Tourists See Gate Suicide.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, October 5, 1976,

Delgado, Ray. “GG Bridge Suicide Fence Has Dissenters.”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 10, 1998.

Dicke, William. “Edwin Shneidman, Authority on Suicide, Dies at 91.”
New York Times
, May 21, 2009.

Dougan, Michael. “Bridge Suicide Barrier Plan Has Air of Urgency.”
San Francisco Examiner
, November 7, 1998.

Doyle, Jim. “Suicide Patrol for Golden Gate Bridge.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 24, 1996.

Dunn, Mark, and Dowsley, Anthony. “Anti-Suicide Barrier Urged for West Gate Bridge.”
Herald Sun
, June 14, 2008.

Evans, Mark. “Bridge Suicides Hot Record 45 in '95.”
Marin Independent Journal
, February 11, 1996.

Fagan, Kevin. “Golden Gate's Typical Jumper is Single, Male.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, September 10, 2009.

———. “Windsor Teen Survives Usually Fatal Plunge.”
San Frqncisco Chronicle
, March 11, 2011.

Fields-Meyer, Thomas. “The Jumper Who Lived.”
People Magazine
, September 5, 2005.

Fimrite, Peter. “A Step Toward Suicide Barrier on Famous Span.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 12, 2005.

———. “Anti-Suicide Fence Sample on Display.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 10, 1998.

———. “The Great Barrier Debate.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 10, 2005.

———. “Mourner's Emotional Plea for Bridge Suicide Barrier.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 25, 2005.

———. “Students Design 3 Barriers.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 26, 2005.

Foster, Lee. “The Bridge Is Their Beat.”
California Living
, March 1975.

Frazier, Colby. “Caltrans to Begin Suicide Barrier Construction.”
Daily Sound
, June 22, 2010.

Friend, Tad. “Jumpers.”
New Yorker
, October 13, 2003.

Gallagher, Nora. “Bridge Jumpers Who Have Lived.”
San Francisco Magazine
, April 1975.

Gelineau, Kristen. “Neighbor Saves Scores of Lives at Suicide Spot.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 14, 2010.

Gerhard, Susan. “Over Troubled Waters.”
Bay Guardian
, April 20-26, 2005. Glionna, John M. “Bridge's Deadly Allure Lingers.”
Los Angeles Times/Modest Bee
, June 5, 2005.

———. “Survivor Battles Golden Gate's Suicidal Lure.”
Seattle Times
, June 4, 2005.

———. “Renewed Focus on a Bridge's Deadly Allure.”
Los Angeles Times
, July 31, 2007.

Gordon, Rachel. “Golden Gate Bridge Chief Moving On.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 16, 2010.

———. “Public Prefers Net as Bridge Suicide Barrier, Survey Says.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 29, 2008.

———. “Suicide Barrier: Emotions High.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 23, 2008.

Gumbel, Andrew. “Bridge to Nowhere.”
Independent
, October 2006.

Guthmann, Edward. “Lethal Beauty: The Allure.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, October 30, 2005.

Halstead, Richard. “Bizarre Day on Bridge.”
Marin Independent Journal,June
29, 1997.

Hamlin, Jesse. “Lethal Beauty: Family Grief.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, October 31, 2005.

Harris, Art. “A Hard Look.”
San Francisco Examiner
, August 10, 1977.

———. “Public Prescriptions for Golden Gate's ‘Epidemic.' ”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 16, 1977.

———. “Stopping Suicides.”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 3, 1977.

———. “Suicide: The View from the Bridge.”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 2, 1977.

———. “Would a Barrier Stop Suicides?”
San Francisco Examiner
, March 13, 1977.

Harvey, Mike. “The Golden Gate to Heaven: Suicides Go on as Bridge Still Waits for Safety Net.”
New York Times
, November 7, 2009.

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