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A collection of 27 issues

Flashback: Stirring 1964 Image Of Verrazano Bridge Rescue

Source: extrabox via FlickrSadly, too often we write about [/index.php?s=suicides] the latest suicide or suicide attempt committed on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Earlier this week, we told you about the latest incident [/video-police-pull-suicidal-man-from-verrazano-bridges-outer-cables-in-heroic-rescue/] involving a 39-year-old man who was heroically rescued after attempting a leap from the iconic

SI Live Editorial Calls On MTA To Prevent Verrazano Suicides

Source: Ibagli via Wikimedia CommonsThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the site of seven suicides and seven attempts in the past 22 months, and advocates are wondering if the MTA should do more to stop them. An SI Live editoral [http://www.silive.com/opinion/editorials/index.ssf/2013/10/preventing_

Why Suicides Are Hard To Prevent On The Verrazano

Source: fawlty128 via flickr.comThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the scene of six suicides since December 2011 with two [/woman-reportedly-jumps-off-verrazano-second-suicide-in-two-weeks/] coming [/police-investigating-potential-verrazano-bridge-suicide/] in the past month alone. Despite these tragedies, the MTA has no plans to increase suicide deterrents at the bridge, according to a report [http://www.silive.com/

Man Jumps From Verrazano Bridge And Lives

Source: Rruss via Wikimedia CommonsLate Sunday afternoon, a man was found by the NYPD Harbor Unit in the waters below the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Except, unlike the recent and tragic stories of those who jumped the 228 feet, this man was found alive. “He was in critical condition but alive,” U.

Hero Cops Who Talked Man Off Verrazano Bridge Get Their Due

When a distraught man was threatening to jump from the ledge of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on July 23, it took the quick thinking and compassion of two police officers, who spoke the man’s native Cantonese, to talk him out of ending his life. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Officer

BREAKING: Police Pull Disturbed Man From Manhattan Beach Apartment Building

FINAL UPDATE (3:20 p.m.): Police surrounded a Manhattan Beach apartment building, responding to a call of an emotionally disturbed person who had barricaded himself in the sixth floor apartment he shares with his mother. After nearly two hours, the man was pulled from the apartment and strapped to

BREAKING: Man Shoots Himself While Being Evicted

Mike Salvatore (image from facebook.com)[UPDATE 9/8/11] According to the comments left below, as well as a Facebook page belonging to Michael Maximus Salvatore, it appears that Mike Salvatore passed away sometime yesterday, while at Lutheran Medical Center. Several friends have left RIP messages for Salvatore on