It's funny how people think of Phillip's parents as good people for letting him commit suicide, and they think of the photographer as a hero for preventing a suicide. The human brain is so beautiful, yet so hypocritical sometimes.
@jcoltr451 I fail to see what is hypocritical about commending two grieving parents for learning to accept and understand their son's suicide and commending an uninvolved bystander for preventing something horrific at the same time.
LoL I was gonna jump to a conclusion (no pun intended) and say I'm gonna find this asshole photographer and kill him for letting her jump and him just filming it.
I'm a photographer amateur myself. And what he said is what really happens when you photograph things. Don't blame him... it's a hobby and he did the right thing.
Phillip's parents were very brave,....i can understand where phillip may have been coming from,..and it wasn't gunna be anything his parents could help him with. He had to go,..i guess he felt that that was the only way he could find his freedom...such a shame :/ but it's okay.....maybe he's in his paradise now...We can only hope so,...but we'll never know.
as much as i think phillip's parents really understand him i can't help but hold on to the thought that they should have been shown him more love and support to get through his ordeal. i cant imagine letting go of a loved one especially your kid.
Interfering with someone's last wish doesn't make you a hero. You people have no idea what it's like to live with mental illness; and I hope you never do. But I have, and I resent the fact that by lifting her up, he prolonged her agony.
I give so much respect to Phillip's parents. To completely understand why their son did this and to forgive him for it is so remarkable. You can just hear their sadness in their voice's and how bad the miss him
i plan on jumping soon- id be interested in being featured on season 2.
id go to taco bell just before, get my fix, talk to the camera, then they could follow me to the end, have a chat, and jump. please email this account if you're interested.
'Why didn't that guy let her jump? If she wanted to die, then obviously she wanted to jump and kill herself. He shouldn't have gotten involved in her life" So you're saying that if you were in her place, on that railing, thinking "No one cares about me. No one loves me, I will never find anyone. I'm useless and no one cares" and suddenly this stranger, that OBVIOUSLY shows he cares comes up and snatches you from the railing you're gonna be mad? You're gonna be thankful that someone DOES care.
I know this sounds really dumb and corny but at 5:40 when Philip's parents are talking about him..... look at the dog. He just looks like he picks up on their pain and sorrow. I think animals sense how we feel, and that little doggy sure looks like he did for a bit.
@ItsTheErinShow oh definitely true. my girlfriends mother was in a serious car accident, bed ridden for a while. They have the most gentle and loving lab and at the time of her mothers recovery, the dog would literally scratch it self and bite until her skin was raw and she bled. the dog then became very protective of the mother.
part of what makes depression so malicious is that most people go though it alone because they are scared and feel that it will brand them as flawed or abnormal. or that no one will be able to help them. so while they suffer immensely they have to keep up a front that they are ok, not an easy thing even if they're not depressed. and this is a result of . suicide is a sin, a crime, and being depressed comes with
Personally, I think Phillip's parents are unbelievable. Regardless of what they want to think about the quality of their parenting. I could NEVER, as a parent of a child that I LOVE DEARLY WITH ALL MY HEART, could not, WOULD NOT EVER. let my child kill themselves!! Alot of people here are mentioning "he has that choice to kill himself" WTF. How the HELL do you let your own child that you loved and took care their whole life kill themselves?! That makes no damn sense. Fuck that.
@MonetPollack OMG so true. And your story is sad!! I am glad you are alive so you can tell your story about the effects of suicide on people's lives!! I don't know what these commenter's problem is. Life is SO precious and you only get one!
This guy is a fucking hero man. At first, I was like "Woah, don't just take pictures, do something!!" But then he literally took matters into his own hands.
i hope , that if i am ever pushed so far that suicide seems to be the best option, that there will be a man or woman like that to pull me back over, he is a hero and that girl will probably be thanking him to this day.
@viewergirl08 If they were so caring, they wouldn't have let their own son kill himself. Like WTF. I would never let that shit happen. Fuck live and let live. Your MY fucking son. If I brought you into this world, cared and loved you from birth to adult, spent THOUSANDS of dollars in feeding and clothing you, I'll be damned if you kill yourself.
@cslofficial Of course it's easy for you to say that now. You're just a kid, and you have not had a child who has suffered with clinical depression for over 20 years. Unless you have lived through what that guy's parents have lived through, you don't really have any right, or any grounds, to make judgemental comments like that. Please grow up a bit.
@cslofficial you don't own someone else's life just because you brought them to this world. You cannot (and should not) control their lives. It's also impossible to do. Trying to help them, yes, it's all you can do.
You clearly have never gone trough depression yourself but this doesn't give you the right to be ignorant.
Get off your soapbox. What were his parents supposed to do, lock him in a padded room for the rest of his life? Maybe you would in your selfishness, but these parents are amazing. They realized their son was in a chronic, terrible state of pain. Keep your ignorance to yourself.
@cslofficial The same happened with my cousin after so long you realize that they are gone its going to happen my family spent so long trying to stop it but you can not his own words where I want to be with god only god knows the pain im in.
If people people suddenly start feeling that suicide isn't selfish and isn't a sin, the rate would double. I have had more than one friend tell me that in their teenage years, they contemplated suicide, but was only stopped by their concern about upsetting their family or disappointing God. And you know what? Things worked out fine and they're happy they are still here on earth, plugging away like the rest of us!
What a douche bag. That guy who pulled that girl back over is an idiot. Who the fuck is he to decide if her life is worth living or not. Only she has that right. I would of pulled him over with me saying "Now your coming with me stupid!"
@blackblurable Doing what he things is right is not being a douche bag..it's being a human being..He probably didn't really even think about it at all.
@hmmm5000 You know what? You probably right. I guess you could say it's human instinct. But my opinion still stands. I believe you are in control of your own life and destiny. A lot of people interfered with my suicide attempts and the last, I was luckily (unfortunately to me) saved the last time in a hospital. I broke a lot of bones, lost teeth, and my lungs collapsed. I believe if you want to take your life, than you can. I say unfortunately because a Dr. saved my life by playing God : /
@Starrlabb How does he even know he's saving a life? He doesn't, he's just assuming. Which in any case is stupid. He played god with her life by interfering. What if she had a terminal disease and is suffering from chemotherapy or something. Or what if she lost all of her family tragically? Or just feels that life is without purpose. That's how I felt and tried to take my life but now I'm crippled in a sense, and scarred. The point is that no one can tell you or stop you from wanting to do that
@Starrlabb Who said it's wrong to kill yourself? God? There is no proof of that and that is complete bullshit. So now it comes to society. Just because someone says it's morally wrong then that is set in stone!? NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT! You are in control of your own life okay? No one else like your parents or friends or even society. You think your free here in america? There are boundaries in your life and must abide by them or else your a communist or whatever. We are not really free anywhere
@blackblurable I never said it was wrong. In fact, my religion is very understanding of people who commit suicide. But that doesn't make that guy a douche bag for wanting to save someone's life.
@Starrlabb Hey you know what? Fine he isn't a douche bag. He did the what he thought was right even though I think it was wrong. What is your religion anyway I am actually curious? I have been shopping around for a religion as of late. My friend is trying to get me to be a jehovah witness. They don't believe in misuse or blood or abortion which is stupid or celebrate bdays. I'm thinking of starting my own religion. But please enlighten me as to what religion you are about if it isn't any trouble
@Starrlabb Your mormon!? Wow so your from Mars? Just kidding, I looked into mormonism but they're a little out there. No coffee? I don't think so. As far as believing there are multiple gods and worlds with humans on it is weird. Believing God was at one point flesh and bone? Not buying that either. Having seven wives? Count me in on that. Black, white, hispanic, indian, japanese, brazilian, and french or german girls, hell yeah! That is a match made in heaven. Forget heaven that is heaven!
@blackblurable lol. Coffee can be bad for you, that's the only reason God said not to drink it. It's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. And we don't believe there are multiple Gods? And why is it so hard to believe that God is flesh and bones? He still if flesh and bones, and so is his son Jesus. And you get excommunicated from the church for practicing polygamy.
@Starrlabb So no coffee. No more than one wife. Sounds lame, you'd be a bad recruiter lol. Anyway so you believe god was once flesh and bone huh? What if I told you, God directly contacted me less than 5 minutes ago and told me that he is infinite. He says he created us in his own likeness but he's not human. Which is not flesh or bone. He goes on to say that every religion and following is wrong and doesn't know what people are doing or talking about
@Starrlabb God also says the only thing he wants from us humans, is to respect all life, be honest and righteous to all. Animal and human alike. There is no need to worry about the afterlife. There are no spirits, ghosts or demons. Do unto others as they would do unto you. You can indulge and procreate in all forms. Meaning coffee, soda(pop), drugs, and fornicating are a normal instinct. Fear nothing and know no bounds of any nature. Now would you believe me if he said this?
@Starrlabb Well he actually in fact said that to me just now. I am to start teaching everyone in the our world of his teachings and ideals for us. Will you join me? And tell everyone you know? Obedience to it is most important thing you know? We are to start immediately and spread the good word and wisdom of life. God's will awaits...
Thank goodness it was him, someone strong enough to lift her over. some ppl may think he was wrong to interfere, but at the end of the day if she wants to commit suicide that bad she will find another way. him stopping her may have given her another chance to realise life is worth living. And there is no way i could ever do nothing if i saw someone tyring to do that.
Suicide is a sin, but like all sins, Jesus has already forgiven your past, present and future sins. Suicide is a permanent end to a temporary problem. Please seek help. Please..
@ZoSo471 You're an idiot. It's not even about parenting. It's about life struggles that all individuals go through. Family problems are usually the LEAST issue.
@hiphopLILJ the guy who made the documentary filmed the golden gate bridge for a span of one month or something like that - in that period of time 24 people jumped off the bridge.
lol even with radical life extension, eventually u wont exist for all eternity, like the way it was before u were born for all eternity.
even if u live for a billion years, eventually- eternal non existence.
wish i was never born, may as well kill myself now.
IM FUCKING FILTH. im worthless trash, total garbage. phaggot loser freak virgin..18 y/o, never held girls hand. I WANNA DIE SO FUCKING BAD, OR live forever. fuck me, i SUCK
Im gonna be there at the bridge, day after Sarah Palin is elected Pres, it will be packed with 1000's of liberal freaks doing the swan dive off the rail, what a glorious day it will be....indeed
@BlazerMMA bull shit he cared more about his shots and his camera. he new damrights about the suicide rates and was gonna let that girl jump to her death.
It's too bad that guy chose to intervene at the end. As hard as it would be, I would let the person do what they choose. It's not your place to decide for them.
@MonetPollack It's a sin? Just shut up. Your religion isn't the center of the fucking. I agree that suicide is never okay, but don't go around preaching your bullshit religious ideas to people who don't want to fucking hear it.
I couldn't let my child kill themself. I don't think I could stop thinking of what I did wrong to make them think death was the only way out. I also can't see where Phillip's parents are coming from. Maybe if I had known Phillip or really knew them I could understand, but as it is I can't understand why they would be alright with their son killing himself.
@CLyane Their basic point is, if your child had been suffering for most of his/her life, and no medicine/therapy helped, it's better for them to end their suffering as opposed to live a life full of pain.
People often say that suicide is incredibly selfish, but personally I believe it's equally selfish to expect someone who lives in either mental or physical agony to keep living, purely because you want them to.
For anyone that says it's a sin, stop being so narrow minded and judgemental.
@oblivionyo does anyone know where i can find some clips of people who have survived a suicide attempt and are now experiencing a good life, telling their story and offering words of hope and inspiration to anyone who may be at that point themselves? As if to talk them out of it.
@oblivionyo but people can't feel important about themselves unless they make others think the way they do so that they can validate their opinions and existence. Egotism is the root of our problems as a species.
There was a story that I read about, in Europe, where a woman crawled up the city hall clocktower intending to jump to her death. A passing group of university students stopped and starting shouting words of ENCOURAGEMENT to her while members of the city's homeless population shouted for her not to, eventually starting a big brawl with the students to get them to stop.
Kinda makes you think when people with nothing put more value on the life of another than those with opportunity do?
@MrBenCaesar You've had a youtube account for a week and youre telling me to go fuck myself for making a sympathetic comment? thanks for ruining the internet. Your life must suck. I know people say that all the time just as an insult but I'm genuinely confident that your life has to absolutely suck for you to actually get pissed at me for what I said. "Life is worth losing anyway"? What a dumb statement. There are hundreds of better ways to die than falling off a bridge because youre depressed
the guy at the end is great. so many people would have just waited around, confused about what was happening. He decided the risk of pissing this girl off was worth the payoff of saving her life and just did what needed to be done. It's sad to think most people wouldn't have done the same but I don't think they would have. watching this film makes me want to sit on the golden gate bridge every day and just confront anyone that looks troubled
does anybody find it odd that one idea behind this documentary is to help people yet every recorded suicide they have on here and, especially with this gene character, they had plenty of time to contact local authorities to get to the bridge and stop them from taking their own lives? seems like they don't really give two shits about the people who were going through that at the time of filming. maybe its just me..
@Matt1196 It's the sort of ethics that goes into a documentary. Documentarians do their best to observe the real world without interfering so as to give people who watch documentaries a good idea as to what is really going on on the other side of lens. It's a risky and highly ethically charged job to undertake.
@RandomTickTock well see the problem i see with that is this...and correct me if i'm wrong...but from what i've read about this is that this documentary is politically motivated as far as trying to get suicide barriers up. althought their suicides give more theatre to it (sadly) it was still possible to convey said points without these people having to die. i mean think about it...if these people SERIOUSLY wanted to die they would shoot themselves or slit their wrists...i mean i could be wrong
In this case all potential jumpers were reported to 911, which doesn't make it a true documentary, in my mind. But then again, there are so many people on that bridge at any point in time in the day maybe the crew intervening in the attempt didn't squew to outcome at all as someone likely would have?
Every potential suicide was reported to 911. Twenty some odd deaths were prevented by this means, alone. The two attempts that were filmed from the bridge perspective were filmed in that manner because the crew had gone up to give the film perspective, to help us get an idea of what a long fucking way down, it is.
The film is 100% "politically motivated", what started out as a grassroots movement is now petitioning to get something done to secure the bridge. Effective, I'd say.
@thegirl44 and thank you for your productive comment...seriously. i mean it sucks that they are at the the point in their lives that they're going through that but it's not their answer. i mean watch the survivors testimony (i forget his name for the time being) but he said the second he jumped he decided he wanted to live. althought i've never been there, i imagine he isn't the only person to feel that upon jumping. perhaps these documentaries could have saved some lives had they known that
Wtf why were they arresting her? D:
FrazzleAndTheWolf 12 hours ago in playlist The Bridge
What the hell, why did he start taking pictures? Surely he couldnt have been so dumb as to have thought she was going for a stroll.
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FPVMadness 4 days ago
The photographer guy is a very f~*.ing awesome human being!
B0yardigi0rn0 4 days ago
It's funny how people think of Phillip's parents as good people for letting him commit suicide, and they think of the photographer as a hero for preventing a suicide. The human brain is so beautiful, yet so hypocritical sometimes.
jcoltr451 2 weeks ago
@jcoltr451 I fail to see what is hypocritical about commending two grieving parents for learning to accept and understand their son's suicide and commending an uninvolved bystander for preventing something horrific at the same time.
niltiaaaac 16 hours ago
@niltiaaaac Then you're an idiot.
jcoltr451 16 hours ago
@jcoltr451 or you're close minded
niltiaaaac 16 hours ago
@niltiaaaac "I'm so glad they let him kill himself." "I'm so glad he stopped her from killing herself."
That's a textbook definition of hypocritical behavior. Don't you have to wake up early for middle school english?
jcoltr451 7 hours ago
dude at the end = AWESOME , hero/
indyfan22k 1 month ago 3
LoL I was gonna jump to a conclusion (no pun intended) and say I'm gonna find this asshole photographer and kill him for letting her jump and him just filming it.
FRiEDcameltoe 1 month ago 4
I seriously love Phillip's dad .
mahnooreo 1 month ago 4
I have great respect for those parents.
EmiWaysChemicRomance 1 month ago 5
"She started to fight me a bit.....so I just sat on her chest"
Legend!
spider23000 2 months ago 8
I'm a photographer amateur myself. And what he said is what really happens when you photograph things. Don't blame him... it's a hobby and he did the right thing.
yellowman88 3 months ago
Does someone know, where I can buy this DVD ?
iSophieSch 3 months ago
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The parents are relieved as hell. They just can't hide it.
AndJusticeForMe 3 months ago
2:08 brings a tear to my eye.
MVPGries 3 months ago
Hey guys... don't kill yourselves, Mmmkay?
Please? Just don't...
SpoonsAtMidnight 4 months ago 2
What a fucking douche taking pictures of her like that. She deserved some dignity.
saturdaysghost 4 months ago
Its hard to say how many people who would have reacted in the same way as the photographer!
Would you?
MBScharff 4 months ago
Phillip's parents were very brave,....i can understand where phillip may have been coming from,..and it wasn't gunna be anything his parents could help him with. He had to go,..i guess he felt that that was the only way he could find his freedom...such a shame :/ but it's okay.....maybe he's in his paradise now...We can only hope so,...but we'll never know.
L96OZZ 4 months ago
as much as i think phillip's parents really understand him i can't help but hold on to the thought that they should have been shown him more love and support to get through his ordeal. i cant imagine letting go of a loved one especially your kid.
silverstarssx 4 months ago
LOL at the dog biting his hand in the interview
milos3507 4 months ago 2
Interfering with someone's last wish doesn't make you a hero. You people have no idea what it's like to live with mental illness; and I hope you never do. But I have, and I resent the fact that by lifting her up, he prolonged her agony.
Ejwoods08 5 months ago
I give so much respect to Phillip's parents. To completely understand why their son did this and to forgive him for it is so remarkable. You can just hear their sadness in their voice's and how bad the miss him
dilloncgalloway 5 months ago 7
i just hope his act of humanity and human decency showed her that the world isnt so bad when there are people like him
victoriaboy55 5 months ago
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i plan on jumping soon- id be interested in being featured on season 2.
id go to taco bell just before, get my fix, talk to the camera, then they could follow me to the end, have a chat, and jump. please email this account if you're interested.
ZRANCIS 6 months ago
she didnt want to do it otherwise she wud of did it glad he saved her.
nerdforeverchick 6 months ago
Photographer... good Dude.
TheElephant79 6 months ago 68
those pictures would of been amazing if he'd of let her jump!
JIHADJESSE 7 months ago
it actually surprised me when he just started pulling her up. hes a hero
MrTailsprower7 7 months ago 3
Him + pulling her back = Final Destination
nicholem97 7 months ago
@PurpleNinjas297 not everybody would react like this
chibichibitv 7 months ago
'Why didn't that guy let her jump? If she wanted to die, then obviously she wanted to jump and kill herself. He shouldn't have gotten involved in her life" So you're saying that if you were in her place, on that railing, thinking "No one cares about me. No one loves me, I will never find anyone. I'm useless and no one cares" and suddenly this stranger, that OBVIOUSLY shows he cares comes up and snatches you from the railing you're gonna be mad? You're gonna be thankful that someone DOES care.
PurpleNinjas297 7 months ago 8
Man you did good! Glad you pulled her out!!!
omegotrd 7 months ago
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This movie is boring as shit. I'm glad I didn't pay money for it
supreme2005 8 months ago
09:40 Amazing!
michalusOG 8 months ago
This bridge has some strange demonic aura around it or something...it's kinda creepy just watching it on my computer.
xxPopurIxx 8 months ago
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lol what?
loner1878 8 months ago
@xxPopurIxx the color and all...its the red devil
mikahick 7 months ago
Im sorry, I just can't help but laugh. The people are talking about their pain and the dog is just biting his hand. Nom nom
TheMellogirl13 8 months ago
I know this sounds really dumb and corny but at 5:40 when Philip's parents are talking about him..... look at the dog. He just looks like he picks up on their pain and sorrow. I think animals sense how we feel, and that little doggy sure looks like he did for a bit.
ItsTheErinShow 8 months ago 8
@ItsTheErinShow oh definitely true. my girlfriends mother was in a serious car accident, bed ridden for a while. They have the most gentle and loving lab and at the time of her mothers recovery, the dog would literally scratch it self and bite until her skin was raw and she bled. the dog then became very protective of the mother.
quidachayjordan 8 months ago
How did he lift her so smoothly? I mean he possibly could not take good grip of the girl.
puupatsas 8 months ago
Jesus, that man must have been strong.
doyouhavefreetexts 8 months ago
5:16 LOL at the dog
jorgencream 8 months ago
@jorgencream lol I know right, I was too distracted by the dog to listen to what he was saying...
baileyrae0603 8 months ago
He strong :)
DScully8 9 months ago
part of what makes depression so malicious is that most people go though it alone because they are scared and feel that it will brand them as flawed or abnormal. or that no one will be able to help them. so while they suffer immensely they have to keep up a front that they are ok, not an easy thing even if they're not depressed. and this is a result of . suicide is a sin, a crime, and being depressed comes with
quoe1 9 months ago 3
lol that dog is sooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!
MissWooHoo1 9 months ago
Personally, I think Phillip's parents are unbelievable. Regardless of what they want to think about the quality of their parenting. I could NEVER, as a parent of a child that I LOVE DEARLY WITH ALL MY HEART, could not, WOULD NOT EVER. let my child kill themselves!! Alot of people here are mentioning "he has that choice to kill himself" WTF. How the HELL do you let your own child that you loved and took care their whole life kill themselves?! That makes no damn sense. Fuck that.
cslofficial 9 months ago 5
@cslofficial he wasn't your kid. No matter how much you know about parenting, you'll never know what it was like to be the parents.
ilikeponie 8 months ago
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It's his life.
saturdaysghost 4 months ago
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cslofficial 9 months ago
@MonetPollack OMG so true. And your story is sad!! I am glad you are alive so you can tell your story about the effects of suicide on people's lives!! I don't know what these commenter's problem is. Life is SO precious and you only get one!
cslofficial 9 months ago
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Dam asshole didnt let the girl jump leave her be if she wants to die then let her kill herself!!!
MrPendejo1321 9 months ago
I got distracted by the dog trying too eat the mans hand.
sophiejaycullen 9 months ago
@MonetPollack We live alone, die alone.
darkbyke 9 months ago
This guy is a fucking hero man. At first, I was like "Woah, don't just take pictures, do something!!" But then he literally took matters into his own hands.
AndyRantz 9 months ago 2
i hope , that if i am ever pushed so far that suicide seems to be the best option, that there will be a man or woman like that to pull me back over, he is a hero and that girl will probably be thanking him to this day.
lilythehedgefox 9 months ago 4
@lilythehedgefox I would love to believe that, but she probably killed herself later...an attempt is rarely isolated...
anaangel92 9 months ago
phillips parents are so understanding but at the same time you can see how much they miss their son
viewergirl08 9 months ago 107
@viewergirl08 If they were so caring, they wouldn't have let their own son kill himself. Like WTF. I would never let that shit happen. Fuck live and let live. Your MY fucking son. If I brought you into this world, cared and loved you from birth to adult, spent THOUSANDS of dollars in feeding and clothing you, I'll be damned if you kill yourself.
cslofficial 3 months ago
@cslofficial Of course it's easy for you to say that now. You're just a kid, and you have not had a child who has suffered with clinical depression for over 20 years. Unless you have lived through what that guy's parents have lived through, you don't really have any right, or any grounds, to make judgemental comments like that. Please grow up a bit.
spider23000 2 months ago 2
@cslofficial you don't own someone else's life just because you brought them to this world. You cannot (and should not) control their lives. It's also impossible to do. Trying to help them, yes, it's all you can do.
You clearly have never gone trough depression yourself but this doesn't give you the right to be ignorant.
mellimel17 2 months ago 7
@cslofficial
Get off your soapbox. What were his parents supposed to do, lock him in a padded room for the rest of his life? Maybe you would in your selfishness, but these parents are amazing. They realized their son was in a chronic, terrible state of pain. Keep your ignorance to yourself.
loner1878 2 months ago 10
@cslofficial The same happened with my cousin after so long you realize that they are gone its going to happen my family spent so long trying to stop it but you can not his own words where I want to be with god only god knows the pain im in.
carsieplg 2 months ago
If people people suddenly start feeling that suicide isn't selfish and isn't a sin, the rate would double. I have had more than one friend tell me that in their teenage years, they contemplated suicide, but was only stopped by their concern about upsetting their family or disappointing God. And you know what? Things worked out fine and they're happy they are still here on earth, plugging away like the rest of us!
crispiegee1 9 months ago
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lilcamz 9 months ago
@MonetPollack They can do it if they want to. Who are you to judge? Sin is bullshit made up by religion.
darkbyke 9 months ago
What a douche bag. That guy who pulled that girl back over is an idiot. Who the fuck is he to decide if her life is worth living or not. Only she has that right. I would of pulled him over with me saying "Now your coming with me stupid!"
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable Doing what he things is right is not being a douche bag..it's being a human being..He probably didn't really even think about it at all.
hmmm5000 9 months ago
@hmmm5000 You know what? You probably right. I guess you could say it's human instinct. But my opinion still stands. I believe you are in control of your own life and destiny. A lot of people interfered with my suicide attempts and the last, I was luckily (unfortunately to me) saved the last time in a hospital. I broke a lot of bones, lost teeth, and my lungs collapsed. I believe if you want to take your life, than you can. I say unfortunately because a Dr. saved my life by playing God : /
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable How is he a douche bag for wanting to save someone's life??
Starrlabb 9 months ago
@Starrlabb How does he even know he's saving a life? He doesn't, he's just assuming. Which in any case is stupid. He played god with her life by interfering. What if she had a terminal disease and is suffering from chemotherapy or something. Or what if she lost all of her family tragically? Or just feels that life is without purpose. That's how I felt and tried to take my life but now I'm crippled in a sense, and scarred. The point is that no one can tell you or stop you from wanting to do that
blackblurable 9 months ago
@Starrlabb Who said it's wrong to kill yourself? God? There is no proof of that and that is complete bullshit. So now it comes to society. Just because someone says it's morally wrong then that is set in stone!? NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT! You are in control of your own life okay? No one else like your parents or friends or even society. You think your free here in america? There are boundaries in your life and must abide by them or else your a communist or whatever. We are not really free anywhere
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable I never said it was wrong. In fact, my religion is very understanding of people who commit suicide. But that doesn't make that guy a douche bag for wanting to save someone's life.
Starrlabb 9 months ago
@Starrlabb Hey you know what? Fine he isn't a douche bag. He did the what he thought was right even though I think it was wrong. What is your religion anyway I am actually curious? I have been shopping around for a religion as of late. My friend is trying to get me to be a jehovah witness. They don't believe in misuse or blood or abortion which is stupid or celebrate bdays. I'm thinking of starting my own religion. But please enlighten me as to what religion you are about if it isn't any trouble
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable If a person is free to kill themselves, then that guy is free to try to save them.
Well you're not gonna like what religion I am..probably.lol i'm mormon.
Starrlabb 9 months ago
@Starrlabb Your mormon!? Wow so your from Mars? Just kidding, I looked into mormonism but they're a little out there. No coffee? I don't think so. As far as believing there are multiple gods and worlds with humans on it is weird. Believing God was at one point flesh and bone? Not buying that either. Having seven wives? Count me in on that. Black, white, hispanic, indian, japanese, brazilian, and french or german girls, hell yeah! That is a match made in heaven. Forget heaven that is heaven!
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable lol. Coffee can be bad for you, that's the only reason God said not to drink it. It's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. And we don't believe there are multiple Gods? And why is it so hard to believe that God is flesh and bones? He still if flesh and bones, and so is his son Jesus. And you get excommunicated from the church for practicing polygamy.
Starrlabb 9 months ago
@Starrlabb So no coffee. No more than one wife. Sounds lame, you'd be a bad recruiter lol. Anyway so you believe god was once flesh and bone huh? What if I told you, God directly contacted me less than 5 minutes ago and told me that he is infinite. He says he created us in his own likeness but he's not human. Which is not flesh or bone. He goes on to say that every religion and following is wrong and doesn't know what people are doing or talking about
blackblurable 9 months ago
@Starrlabb God also says the only thing he wants from us humans, is to respect all life, be honest and righteous to all. Animal and human alike. There is no need to worry about the afterlife. There are no spirits, ghosts or demons. Do unto others as they would do unto you. You can indulge and procreate in all forms. Meaning coffee, soda(pop), drugs, and fornicating are a normal instinct. Fear nothing and know no bounds of any nature. Now would you believe me if he said this?
blackblurable 9 months ago
@blackblurable If he said it then that would make it true.
Starrlabb 9 months ago
@Starrlabb Well he actually in fact said that to me just now. I am to start teaching everyone in the our world of his teachings and ideals for us. Will you join me? And tell everyone you know? Obedience to it is most important thing you know? We are to start immediately and spread the good word and wisdom of life. God's will awaits...
blackblurable 9 months ago
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@blackblurable God didn't tell you that though..
Starrlabb 9 months ago
"I sat on her chest"
BlackhawksRBallin 9 months ago
Might as well Jump!...JUMP!
tittyj2020 10 months ago
can the god damn camera man do a god damn wide angle when it gets closer to the water god damn! camera 101!
infamousstitch 10 months ago
Life is just a ride but if you get sick you may choose to get off it.
matius150 10 months ago
Thank goodness it was him, someone strong enough to lift her over. some ppl may think he was wrong to interfere, but at the end of the day if she wants to commit suicide that bad she will find another way. him stopping her may have given her another chance to realise life is worth living. And there is no way i could ever do nothing if i saw someone tyring to do that.
flyaninnocentlife 10 months ago 37
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@read4truth Jesus is not a real person
sk8er76er 10 months ago
@read4truth Took the words right out of my mouth. +1
manlikeswitcher 10 months ago
good job richard
blazedNfaded719 10 months ago
Suicide is a sin, but like all sins, Jesus has already forgiven your past, present and future sins. Suicide is a permanent end to a temporary problem. Please seek help. Please..
yehzhaofeng 11 months ago
@yehzhaofeng Oh shove it. Jesus doesn't exist.
MahBoi22 10 months ago 4
@MahBoi22 U MAD?
yehzhaofeng 10 months ago
@yehzhaofeng No. I'm realistic.
MahBoi22 10 months ago
@MahBoi22 u....mad
yehzhaofeng 10 months ago
HEY man you should feel like a national geographic photog, you did an amazing thing.
dli1112 11 months ago
he lost his biggest shot ever. dumb fuck
avesatan 11 months ago
parents should be held responsible, its obvious family problems are a big issue here
ZoSo471 11 months ago
@ZoSo471 You're an idiot. It's not even about parenting. It's about life struggles that all individuals go through. Family problems are usually the LEAST issue.
darkbyke 9 months ago
Richard did a good thing, but didn't act fast enough.
Pellegrino80 11 months ago
Where does all of the videos of people jumping off come from?
hiphopLILJ 11 months ago
@hiphopLILJ the guy who made the documentary filmed the golden gate bridge for a span of one month or something like that - in that period of time 24 people jumped off the bridge.
Ceb773 11 months ago
@hiphopLILJ
The film crew set up cameras for a year at the base of the bridge.
loner1878 11 months ago
with how often people suicide on the bridge you could make a living of just taking pictures and saving people.
thejuggernautbitch7 1 year ago
the last guy was a great man, he saved the girl's life
MoxxieDreamer 1 year ago 3
Wow freaky how that guy was just taking pictures... Wrote that just before I saw him grab her. I feel better now.
h5y 1 year ago 3
damn i'm glade the guy pulled the girl back over and didnt let her kill herself!!!
myaangeline 1 year ago 77
@myaangeline Glade candles. Always a fresh scent.(;
KailiKM 9 months ago
I feel like diving off the bridge too, but I won't belly flop like those people.
HateFenians 1 year ago
"Life is just a ride..." BILL HICKS
cjyork9 1 year ago 2
you have to be pretty heroic to stop somebody from jumping off but then again you'd prolly be interfering with their personal choice to live or die
SpiderJon07 1 year ago
a lot of jumpers at 2:16
HateFenians 1 year ago
good fucking job bro, who the fuck knows the right thing to do but, you saved a life
69iambecomedeath89 1 year ago
Pro Lifer Terrorists should blow up this bridge, but then people who never learned to swim will commit suicide other ways.
HateFenians 1 year ago
i have had enough
MNIKELL 1 year ago
i have said all my good byes
MNIKELL 1 year ago
no one cares
BGodzz 1 year ago
i honestly am going to do this soon.
fuck i wont exist for EVER.
lol even with radical life extension, eventually u wont exist for all eternity, like the way it was before u were born for all eternity.
even if u live for a billion years, eventually- eternal non existence.
wish i was never born, may as well kill myself now.
IM FUCKING FILTH. im worthless trash, total garbage. phaggot loser freak virgin..18 y/o, never held girls hand. I WANNA DIE SO FUCKING BAD, OR live forever. fuck me, i SUCK
michealcorrison53 1 year ago
@michealcorrison53 cool story bro
mexicanpowerputo 10 months ago
this documentary has defenetly pushed me more into commiting suicide, and now it seems symbolic to conmemorate these other people...
mau571 1 year ago
how the fuck did they find the person that filmed the guy pulling her up?
jessjoy777 1 year ago
Im gonna be there at the bridge, day after Sarah Palin is elected Pres, it will be packed with 1000's of liberal freaks doing the swan dive off the rail, what a glorious day it will be....indeed
mrsmelzbad 1 year ago
@mrsmelzbad I hope to Christ that you're trolling.
weinstein888 1 year ago
@mrsmelzbad
They'll be the lucky ones.
Nimnoms 1 year ago
Wow, the guy who pulled her back over is a hero.
BlazerMMA 1 year ago 4
@BlazerMMA bull shit he cared more about his shots and his camera. he new damrights about the suicide rates and was gonna let that girl jump to her death.
kaajax 1 year ago
It's too bad that guy chose to intervene at the end. As hard as it would be, I would let the person do what they choose. It's not your place to decide for them.
FretlessDeviant 1 year ago
That guy at 9:55 is a fucking hero. He deserves an award. Seriously.
Doodorz 1 year ago
@MonetPollack It's a sin? Just shut up. Your religion isn't the center of the fucking. I agree that suicide is never okay, but don't go around preaching your bullshit religious ideas to people who don't want to fucking hear it.
Doodorz 1 year ago
I couldn't let my child kill themself. I don't think I could stop thinking of what I did wrong to make them think death was the only way out. I also can't see where Phillip's parents are coming from. Maybe if I had known Phillip or really knew them I could understand, but as it is I can't understand why they would be alright with their son killing himself.
CLyane 1 year ago
@CLyane Their basic point is, if your child had been suffering for most of his/her life, and no medicine/therapy helped, it's better for them to end their suffering as opposed to live a life full of pain.
People often say that suicide is incredibly selfish, but personally I believe it's equally selfish to expect someone who lives in either mental or physical agony to keep living, purely because you want them to.
For anyone that says it's a sin, stop being so narrow minded and judgemental.
oblivionyo 1 year ago 90
@oblivionyo ''Suicide it's the worst crime ever, for one reason: It's the only one which you can't regret once you have commited it''
A. Dumas
Empeinmortal 10 months ago
@oblivionyo does anyone know where i can find some clips of people who have survived a suicide attempt and are now experiencing a good life, telling their story and offering words of hope and inspiration to anyone who may be at that point themselves? As if to talk them out of it.
TheJENview 10 months ago
@oblivionyo but people can't feel important about themselves unless they make others think the way they do so that they can validate their opinions and existence. Egotism is the root of our problems as a species.
oddsoldier 9 months ago 2
@oblivionyo well said
AmyRoseEsdale 9 months ago
@oblivionyo Thank you so much. I cant stand when someone calls suicide vitcims selfish. I'm glad someone thinks the same way as me
hyprid6wolf 8 months ago
@MonetPollack you don't know shit either
Chrisguy42O 1 year ago
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cowards
Chrisguy42O 1 year ago
There was a story that I read about, in Europe, where a woman crawled up the city hall clocktower intending to jump to her death. A passing group of university students stopped and starting shouting words of ENCOURAGEMENT to her while members of the city's homeless population shouted for her not to, eventually starting a big brawl with the students to get them to stop.
Kinda makes you think when people with nothing put more value on the life of another than those with opportunity do?
thegirl44 1 year ago 4
@thegirl44: Best comment I've read on Youtube for a long time.
digglyda 1 year ago
@digglyda
Best story that I had read in a while.
Sad, but telling.
Thanks for your response. Gos bless.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@MrBenCaesar You've had a youtube account for a week and youre telling me to go fuck myself for making a sympathetic comment? thanks for ruining the internet. Your life must suck. I know people say that all the time just as an insult but I'm genuinely confident that your life has to absolutely suck for you to actually get pissed at me for what I said. "Life is worth losing anyway"? What a dumb statement. There are hundreds of better ways to die than falling off a bridge because youre depressed
rhcp500 1 year ago
That jumper girl wanted help. Doing it right in front of him, almost helping climb back..
frankiegallanger 1 year ago
That dog is so cute.
RATMfanforlife 1 year ago 3
the guy at the end is great. so many people would have just waited around, confused about what was happening. He decided the risk of pissing this girl off was worth the payoff of saving her life and just did what needed to be done. It's sad to think most people wouldn't have done the same but I don't think they would have. watching this film makes me want to sit on the golden gate bridge every day and just confront anyone that looks troubled
rhcp500 1 year ago 5
@rhcp500 exactly. most d-bags would have stood there mouth breathing
melTorino 1 year ago
@melTorino lol il ike the mouth breathing comment, those people dont get how retarded itmakes them look
walkertexasranger33 1 year ago
9:10 watch this amazing man pull a jumper back over the railing with one hand!!! Incredible, what a courageous man!
Syclone0044 1 year ago 3
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that photographer is a fucking idiot. He took pictures of her and then sat on her chest? wow some people.
3DeepCuts 1 year ago
@3DeepCuts
He saved her life didn't he?
Bookstop1337 1 year ago
@3DeepCuts the pictures part is unserstandable, but he needed to save her life.
skwurlking82 1 year ago
@3DeepCuts and yet he saved her life.....guess he's not that much of an idiot. Most people would have just let her go.
theone2225 1 year ago
does anybody find it odd that one idea behind this documentary is to help people yet every recorded suicide they have on here and, especially with this gene character, they had plenty of time to contact local authorities to get to the bridge and stop them from taking their own lives? seems like they don't really give two shits about the people who were going through that at the time of filming. maybe its just me..
Matt1196 1 year ago
@Matt1196 It's the sort of ethics that goes into a documentary. Documentarians do their best to observe the real world without interfering so as to give people who watch documentaries a good idea as to what is really going on on the other side of lens. It's a risky and highly ethically charged job to undertake.
RandomTickTock 1 year ago
@RandomTickTock well see the problem i see with that is this...and correct me if i'm wrong...but from what i've read about this is that this documentary is politically motivated as far as trying to get suicide barriers up. althought their suicides give more theatre to it (sadly) it was still possible to convey said points without these people having to die. i mean think about it...if these people SERIOUSLY wanted to die they would shoot themselves or slit their wrists...i mean i could be wrong
Matt1196 1 year ago
@RandomTickTock but it seems like what they were doing, at least most of what i've seen throughout this entire documentary is a serious cry for help
Matt1196 1 year ago
@RandomTickTock
In this case all potential jumpers were reported to 911, which doesn't make it a true documentary, in my mind. But then again, there are so many people on that bridge at any point in time in the day maybe the crew intervening in the attempt didn't squew to outcome at all as someone likely would have?
thegirl44 1 year ago
@Matt1196
Every potential suicide was reported to 911. Twenty some odd deaths were prevented by this means, alone. The two attempts that were filmed from the bridge perspective were filmed in that manner because the crew had gone up to give the film perspective, to help us get an idea of what a long fucking way down, it is.
The film is 100% "politically motivated", what started out as a grassroots movement is now petitioning to get something done to secure the bridge. Effective, I'd say.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 and thank you for your productive comment...seriously. i mean it sucks that they are at the the point in their lives that they're going through that but it's not their answer. i mean watch the survivors testimony (i forget his name for the time being) but he said the second he jumped he decided he wanted to live. althought i've never been there, i imagine he isn't the only person to feel that upon jumping. perhaps these documentaries could have saved some lives had they known that
Matt1196 1 year ago
After listening to all their so called loved ones no wonder they gave up hope .
kenfuscious 1 year ago
haha nice weiner. teeth!
emwaver 1 year ago
May GOD bless Richard Waters for saving that young girl!
stewiegriffin65 1 year ago
@stewiegriffin65
Depends on what you mean by "saving". For all we know he put her back in a cage.
myusernameisluc 1 year ago 2