Net To Stop Suicides

On a bridge overnight in northern Detroit, police said a man looked down at the midnight traffic on Interstate 696 and considered the fall. It looked like more than a 20-foot drop from the photos. While police continued to talk the man on the bridge, a trailer crept past the barricade on the highway and pulled to a stop directly beneath him. A seco...

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge may soon be less of a magnet for people trying to commit suicide, as regional officials consider a plan to install mesh barriers beneath the historic orange span to catch jumpers before they hit the water.

On a bridge overnight in northern Detroit, police said a man looked down at the midnight traffic on Interstate 696 and considered the fall. It looked like more than a 20-foot drop from the photos. While police continued to talk the man on the bridge, a trailer crept past the barricade on the highway and pulled to a stop directly beneath him. A seco...

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge may soon be less of a magnet for people trying to commit suicide, as regional officials consider a plan to install mesh barriers beneath the historic orange span to catch jumpers before they hit the water.