"Lethal Beauty”, SF Chronicle Series
In October and November of 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a 9 part front page series of stories on the Golden Gate Bridge suicide problem. This comprehensive examination of the problem and possible solutions concluded with a strongly worded editorial calling on the Bridge District to resolve the issue.
The links below are to each of the nine installments on the Chronicle’s SFGate web site.
PART ONE – The Allure (10/30/05)
Edward Gutthman
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Lethal-Beauty-The-Allure-Beauty-and-an-easy-3302966.php
PART TWO – Family Grief (10/31/05)
Jesse Hamlin
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-FAMILY-GRIEF-A-suicide-leaves-a-2562615.php
PART THREE – Nine Suicides (11/1/05)
Heather Madden
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lethal-Beauty-Nine-suicides-accounts-based-on-2598594.php
PART FOUR – A Survivor’s Story (11/1/05)
Mike Weiss
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lethal-Beauty-A-Survivor-s-Story-A-jumper-2598731.php
PART FIVE – The Talkers (11/2/05)
John Coopman
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-The-talkers-For-California-2597635.php
PART SIX - No Easy Death (11/2/05)
John Coopman
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-suicide-lethal-beauty-2562269.php
PART SEVEN – The Toronto Example (11/3/05)
Carolyne Zinko
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-The-Toronto-example-How-one-city-2597696.php
PART EIGHT – The Engineering Challenge (11/4/05)
John King
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-THE-ENGINEERING-CHALLENGE-A-2562115.php
PART NINE – Saving A Life (11/5/05)
Heidi Benson
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-SAVING-A-LIFE-The-common-2562144.php