Angels of the Golden Gate Bridge tell police, building workers how to confront suicide

By Rick Feneley
Updated March 3 2015 - 8:13am, first published 5:36am
Suicide prevention conference speakers and attendees Myles Jackson(MIRVAC Health Safety Environment Officer), suicide survivor Kevin Hines, NSW Police Inspector Joel Murchie and Kevin Briggs, the former cop patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge.  

Photo: Wolter Peeters
The Sydney Morning Herald Photo: Wolter Peeters
Suicide prevention conference speakers and attendees Myles Jackson(MIRVAC Health Safety Environment Officer), suicide survivor Kevin Hines, NSW Police Inspector Joel Murchie and Kevin Briggs, the former cop patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo: Wolter Peeters The Sydney Morning Herald Photo: Wolter Peeters

It is almost 15 years since a teenage Kevin Hines responded to the hateful voices in his head by leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge. He counts himself among the lucky few who have survived that plunge, the equivalent of 25 storeys.

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