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  • How was that god!? It was a seal, you just said it!

  • is the girl at 0:30 pickin a wedgie?

  • Yeah, take away credit from the seal by giving it to god...

    When the seals root out or existance, this will be the reason why.

  • Very inspiring story & glad that you lived to share yourself with others, God saved you & just like the seal you are swimming under a lot of people keeping them from going under. Negative comments are so ridiculous & certainly a reflection of the nasty haters that live among us, but remember haters need prayer too.

  • Thank God he saved you .

  • A seal saved your life... definitely God. That's what I'd think.

  • why not have some concerned organization be on the bridge and look out at people, see if some of them look depressed and looks like they have intention to jump! wtf is going on there?? why you just let it happen? WTF IS WRONG WITH AMERICA!

  • I hadnt been sexually active for years, but i thought i had aids. lol

  • To everyone who is Just expressing such hate to this guy and God...I love God, and I love Jesus Christ. And I know that they both love me, and you, unconditionally. Regardless of whether it was a miracle or not, who cares! Stop spreading your bitter and cynical hate so much. Can you not see the difference in people who have Christ in their lives? Do they not seem actually like nicer people? If you hate God, keep it to yourself, don't bash people who do. #Jesus Christ loves you ALL.

  • @djpdavis blah blah blah....go to church moron

  • Obviously Many people who are attacking have no education. If you don't know anything about depression and the diagnosis that he was given please do not judge becasue you have no clue what it feels like.

  • Its 2011 and people still believe that god exist, why the fuck

  • SHould be thanking sea lions, not God, you unbelievable dick!

  • He knew what he was doing! Landing feet-first is the only way to survive that type of fall, and even then it's not a given. I'm so glad his life was able to be spared and I wish him the best of luck in the future! There's always hope. :)

  • if you see something do something

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  • SEALS FTW!!

  • @LetJimiT8keOver The only truth in your comment is unspoken but obvious: you are an oxygen-thieving piece of excrement hanging from a cow's ass. Since you're an expert on suicide, do us a favor and show us how it's done.

  • @LetJimiT8keOver Have some respect and compassion, he felt like there was no way out and from the sound of it this man is intelligent and articulate which is more than can be said for you!

  • i love his last sentence ,,"you couldnt tell me it wasnt god"

  • People can survive a height like the one he fell from, although it is rare. It happens just as much as expected, and there's no need to call it a miracle from God. If he had jumped from a much higher height the chances of him surviving would have been even less, and he would have died. I hate it when people call stupid things like this miracles from god. How do you distinguish a miracle from God from a rare event?

  • I find it intensely ironic that people could even say that God saved him from dieing. It is our godless world that caused him to attempt to do so! I guarantee he wouldn't have survived if he tried it off say, the empire state building.

  • Wow, that's an amazing story. And about the seal too. I have severe depression and a few years ago I had tried to commit suicide and failed. I wouldn't say it's worth it, but then again I wouldn't be who I am now, I'm doing so much better. This man is doing amazing, I'm so glad he survived.

  • Gos or not i'm glad he survived, no one should have to feel they need to die. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

  • @LetJimiT8keOver dude if we wants to believe that God saved it then respect it, he's looking for hope dumbass. when you have depression hope is kind of a necessity.

  • what an idiot

  • inspirational <3 

  • this is by far my favorite documentary

  • So proud of you for being here and doing this! Hooray for Kevin!

    xx

  • MAN THATS CRAZY god saved his life not that he survived from jumping off he also didnt drown and he didnt get killed that is amazing god is like i dont want you to die cause your the future to prevent people from committing suicide and seals saved him god did saved him and god was protecting him the whole time

  • @xghosthazardx

    I don't know about god, I think it was the skittles and starburst.

  • @xghosthazardx I see you are running a little low on supplies; here is some punctuation as you seem to be all out. .........,,,,,,,,,,,,;;;;

  • Love you Kev......I thank God for saving you that day, look how far you have come & all you are accomplishing in the Suicide Awareness & Prevention world! You will always be so very special to me my friend! Kimmi Mom of "Christopher^

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  • @axnalia17 shut the fuck up

  • man, i could go for some skittles and starbursts right now.

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  • Kevin, thought you might be interested in an article I read on the BBC website about a Chinese man, Chen Si who has saved many lives by patrolling the Nanjing Bridge over the Yangtze. Jill

  • This guy is amazing :) He gives me hope and it just breaks me inside to think no on even cared to ask if he was okay. And it's nice to think that god kept him alive.

    Kevin Hines you are an amazing person

  • If I seen someone crying there eyes out on a bus Id sit down and ask if their all right :(

  • @CuteSunYe15 i would want to ask but you don't knw how they'd react, if i saw someone crying pacing on the bridge i'd be more concerned and ask but you just never know how people will react, it could eb good and you end up helping someone but what if soemone is armed and he harmed you and themself.

  • i can't believe nobody said anything for those forty minutes.

    he's amazing though, really really inspiring.

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  • I wanna give this guy a hug.

    He is amazing

  • Kevin - I completed a suicide prevention course some years ago and now train others to be alert to suicide. I read about you in the book The Survivors Club and was touched by your description of being of the bridge obviously distressed for 40 minutes and no one intervened. I use this when I am training as it is a great example of why we should get involved and reach out to help safe a life. Keep up your good work. Wishing you peace and happiness. Jill

  • I'm glad you survived and are sharing your story Kevin. I am sure that it helps others. I think it's important that you mention that your feeling as soon as you made the decision was complete regret like 19 of the 29 other survivors. If nothing else, it may cause someone to think twice about jumping and that is a big deal :-)

  • Glad you are alive mate

  • thank you kevin, thank you.

  • So cool, so inspireing.  Glad he shares his story.

  • Couldn't God have helped him BEFORE he jumped?

  • @LeftyLike

    No one will ever blame us if we don´t understand miracles done by God. If you had a son and you wanted to show that you loved him - you could give him candy, but you could also (even better) give him your time, your attention, your smile and trust...

  • Riiiiiight, because God put him through all that crap to make him want to kill himself in the first place.

  • seals have been known to do things like that as well as dolphins. theyre very smart.

  • I didnt die jumping off the bridge a shark is going to eat me

    Im so glad hes alive and healthy and all better =]

  • how does he know it was a seal?

  • he was on a talk show, and there was a guy in the studio that apparently was there when he jumped and captured him on camera jumping off the bridge and he said on the talk show that it was a seal that helped him.

  • Inspiring.

  • I think he don´t belief everything is God, but he beliefs that God used the seal to save his life. So it wasn´t in real the seal who saved his life, it was God.God acted through the seal.

  • also, notice how he says when he got to the surface "there was some sort of light"

    THE SUN?

  • I think he meant he knew he was at the surface because he saw light, not that the light was God or something..

  • I've heard that every person who jumps regreats it the second they do it and he just confirmed at least for him that is true

  • how can you hear from every person that jumps, when there is only one survivor.

  • there is like 30

  • no theres more

  • Some of the most memorable parts in this film for me were Kevin's thoughts..

  • it wasn't god, it was a seal. you even said it was a seal. a seal is not god. a seal is real, god probably isn't.

  • Everyone's entitled to their opinion, I have mine and I am sticking to it.

  • why do you contradict yourself then? what is your opinion? first you say it was a seal then you say it was god...

  • Perhaps, it was both. God put the seal there which saved him from drowning. No contradiction there, eh?

  • no, seals have brains, just like people, it 'put' it's self there.

  • Maybe prehaps kevin is a patheist, a belief that everything is God. Personally, I think religion is bullshit.

  • everything is not god. seals are seals. they are intelligent animals that probably wanted to save his life.

  • Well, many people beleive that, just like many people beleive a God doesn't exist.

  • i don't 'believe' anything. there are simply things i know and things i don't. i know that a seal is a seal, and that if god did exist he would probably have better things to do than hang around in a seal waiting for someone to jump of a bridge. like sort out the whole world. actually come to think of it god probably is in a seal. procrastinating.

  • or they thought he was a fish or someting and were trying to stop him from sinking so they could eat him

  • or not

  • kevin, what did it feel like when you hit the water? (if you can remember). I imagine it would be like hitting cement, at that speed & from that height.

  • It was just as you said, a 75 mph fall at 220 feet. it felt like a brick wall.

  • I may get thumbed down, but my thought is, witht the economy the way it is. Sorry to say, that their will probably be more.

    Hi Kevin glad to know you're still here, lets just hope that you can save and help some people.

  • I felt the documentary was a little brutal. And I think now because of the economy, we probuably will see aan increase in the number of people jumping from that bridge.

  • Why? Money isn't everything. People who commit suicide simply because of money problems are stupid and sad.

  • Agreed!!!!!

  • i watched the bridge, i noticed they were in bad shape finacially.  maybe had mental problems which made that hard to correct via employment but is was something they all had in common.

  • i saw this on tv awhile ago....made me cry

  • this dude was just at my school wednesday. he's a great speaker

  • It's impossible for a person to jump of the mackinac bridge, were I live, because it's a federal highway and no one is allowed to walk on it.

  • whats the last thought befour u jump shot urself or even hang, its got to be the most excrushating dission u would ever make

  • the last thought for me was "oh my god, what have I just done, god please save me" the instant my hands left the rail. that was similar to the thoughts of 19 of the 29 that have survived the fall. those were the only ones who could be tracked down. complete regret

  • I like how the girl in the beginning at :30 she is picking a wedgie. lol

  • God deserves none of the credit, the seal deserves all of the credit.

  • I certainly dont think that "everyone" wants to hear me speak, I am genuinely trying to help those who do. this issue is not the only thing I speak upon, but I don't need to explain myself. I just want people who are struggling with mental health issues to find help and get well.

  • thanks for replying,damn it was pretty amazing you survived, how many people have survived jumping the golden gate, you know?

  • I think it was very couragous to speak of this and you are saving lives. you probably helped more than you even realize!!!

  • he's actually involved in suicide prevention, in this clip he explains the regret he felt as soon as he couldn't do anything about it, i think he just wants to help.

    there is nothing funny about this what so-ever

  • God is everywhere present in all things as all things...Lean not on your own understanding!

  • Dont say someone is wrong because they dont believe in the same things you do.

    Animals have always had this 6th sense of telling how another person feels dogs are a great example. That seal probably sensed someone being scared out of their mind and just doing what it naturally would, it ended up helping out.

  • ****My comment says nothing about anyone being wrong-Perhaps you responded to the wrong comment??? I love tacos...

  • Then the question comes down to what gave the animal its 6th sense...again, just a thought.

  • sea lions have been known to save humans from near death experiences as well as dolphins. there are stories of these miracle sealions all over the world.

  • it's the collective consciousness

  • How can people believe the seal keeping him afloat was merely a coinsidence? It was an act of God, Fate, Karma, what ever you want to believe. Kevin was meant to live, that's why he survived. Everything and everybody has a purpose and a meaning for their life. Unfortunatly Kenvin had to go that far before he found out what his purpose is.

  • People please if you feel like there is no hope and you feel suicdal please call (1-800 784-2433. Please call there is hope!

  • God is a seal? wow that puts a whole new prospective on things.

  • hey Kevin, I'm glad you're here, you're going to help a lot of people, I can feel it.

  • Iam glad he is alive. At the same time I couldn't comprehend the logic of god/fate. This guy wanted to end his life but is luckily saved but at the same time a 2 year old kid just slipped thro'the rail while walking along with its family and was dead.

    gosh....its a funny world.

  • all i can say is what a lucky basterd, got away with jumping off the brigde and a seal was keeping him afloat jesus christ lol, what next...

  • Kevin you sound as if you are Bipolar 2 with BPD. Im glad you made it.

  • i've known kevin since i was little...he use to be best friends with my cousins and my cousins and him would always babysit me and my friends up at clear lake..always been the nicest person...its crazy that i had no idea this was happening

  • ive heard of a few stories of things that have happened similar to your own

    your work on earth whatever it is is not done yet

  • it sounds wrong but i laughed my ass off at the shark comment

    nonetheless this man is a hero of sorts in my eyes, great respect to him. hopes hes doing well for himself now

  • Hey Kevin, if you read this post I just want to tell you I'm glad you survived. Good luck to you in the future.

  • I'm sure he has read your comment. Thank you for your support.

  • agreed, have some respect

  • fuck respect dude this kid is lucky

  • rotka

  • rotl copter

  • i rule anton lavey is the man iced earth rules

    HAILS

  • i just broke up with my gf and i feel like dieing help me

  • jump

  • nahh too busy :)

  • I am SO sorry

    but I seroiusly laughed for 5 minutes when he gave the shark comment

    holy crap that would suck

    but I am glad he's alive

    maybe he's happy now

    maybe

    or maybe he is just temporarily resisiting something that was meant to be

    hope he's ok though

  • flirter.......i meant. LOVE U!!

  • marry me kevin! u are hot! and i am a suicidal fliter myself! lets have a co-dependant ride! XXXXXX

  • Fuck yeah seals ftw!!

  • depression awareness.... people just dont get it

  • All I can say is wow.

  • we all give off vibrations, and our emotions are the strongest aspect of our consciousness. mother earth feels things too, and we are her most precious creatures. 'twas our mother

  • no jesus didnt save him it was luck. your life is kinda guided in a sense by prime creator, but when you are bent on suicide your consciousness overrides prime creators guidence, because we are made to have absolute freedom

  • why do u care?? u don't need to inform anyone on what they should belive just because you don't belive on anything!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Unfortunately you don't have a shred of evidence to make me believe otherwise.........so until then I am going to continue living a happy life knowing that my every move is not predetermined. Why do I care? Because people need to know they can be optimistic about life without believing in God. It's quite simple. I urge you to wake up from your dream.

  • U don't get it!!!!!!!!!!! if people what to belive in god or worship there ass or not belive in anything it's up to them!!.......... what u need to so is just respect people's decision ....... i am content with my life..and i never had religon and what bothers me about u is your comments " u can't change anyone" just like no one can change ur ideas .keep that in mind when u write things like that

  • i urge you to get a life and quit spending saturday night's alone in your uncles basement

  • It wasn't Jesus. It was the skittles.

  • "I pray that he finds the peace and love and hope of God through the Lord Jesus Christ."

    oh shut the fuck up!

    good watch though. he's a lucky guy

  • you going to hell Cuning66......

  • crazy

  • Thank you for sharing your experience. You are very well spoken. I appreciate your soul. You can get "real" with me anytime - Not a problem. You are an advanced soul & you are very blessed. I'm glad.

  • that was a nice chow

  • OMG the world almost lost such a wonderful person. What a beautiful soul. And

    so handsome. A miracle.

  • please save your liberal agendas for some other bedtime story...

  • You are horrible. Be ashamed of yourself

  • Just proves how little therapist really know.

    The voices was the devil! Indeed God saved you!

  • Cuning66-------such a rich vocabulary. Does your mother know you swear like this?

  • Scuse me? I'm 23 and not a fuckwad that thinks anyone wants to hear my religion bullshit. Get over yourself and go watch a morning mass. Fuckhead.

  • Cuning66---Please don't kill yourself because it looks like you're not ready to stand before your Maker.

  • I stand in front of my parents all the time. God didnt ping you here. Let me explain. When a mommy and a daddy love each other very very much...