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By Melissa Binder and Andrew Theen, The Oregonian, Oct. 31, 2013 Neighbors who oppose the fences lining Vista Bridge had one thing to say to city officials Thursday: we told you so. The city installed 9-foot-high suicide-prevention fences on both sides of the historic Vista Bridge in Southwest Portland in August. Since then two people […]
From the Klamath Herald, August 25, 2013 This is the final article in a series by the Klamath Health on suicide and suicide prevention in the basin. Obituary for Scott Himelwright, DOD July 16, 2013 Scott Himelwright’s Celebration of Life Potluck will be Saturday, August 31st, 12:30 PM at Klamath Odd Fellow Lodge No. 137, […]
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian, August 12, 2013 Susan Cech‘s phone rang at 6:26 a.m., and “Vista Bridge” was all that needed to be said. When she reached the bridge 10 minutes later, an SUV and a Portland police patrol car were still parked on the span, and the last person to see the jumper […]
MHAP does not endorse the barriers, a cosmetic non-remedy which sidesteps, at great expense, the real problems and needs of people in suicidal crisis. If it surprises you we’re not on board — being a mental health organization and all — read more about why. — Eds. By Sara Roth, KGW.com, August 6, 2013 Installation […]
From KOIN.com, July 25, 2013 Robert Waltrip and Rachelle Rock are still dealing with emotions that are incredibly raw. They think about things their daughter won’t experience. “Her first prom dance, her first date,” Robert Hamblin-Rock said. “Makes a father very angry, very, very angry. I’d do anything to bring her back, anything.” Marina Hamblin-Rock […]
By Reggie Aqui, KGW Newschannel 8, July 19, 2013 Despite objections from some Goose Hollow neighbors, Commissioner Steve Novick says there is nothing stopping the city from putting up a nine-foot-tall fence on the Vista Bridge, the span many know as “Suicide Bridge.” “Once I learned it was legally possible to put up a temporary […]
Temporary suicide barriers for Vista Bridge won’t go up until next month, and yesterday the interim was marked by tragedy when a man jumped to his death. It was the fourth suicide from the bridge this year. Commissioner Steve Novick and others are asking for volunteers to receive crisis training, then walk the bridge in […]
By David Stabler, The Oregonian, June 7, 2013 A 15-year-old Beaverton girl jumped to her death from Vista Bridge on Wednesday, the third suicide from the historic span this year. That equals the highest number of Vista Bridge suicides in any year in the past decade. The 1926 bridge, which spans MAX tracks and busy […]
The Oregonian, Feb. 5, 2013 Most people who kill themselves choose ordinary places: garages, bedrooms, bathrooms. But in Portland, some end their lives at the Vista Bridge, a bridge built in 1926 in the West Hills that spans MAX tracks and a busy street. Tourists and TV shows love the bridge, but a suicide there […]
By David Stabler, The Oregonian, Feb. 2, 2013 From two blocks away, Bonnie Kahn sees the flashing lights of police cars under the Vista Bridge. No, not again. Kahn jerks her car to a stop in front of her office, right below the bridge. A body lies in the road, 20 feet away, on a […]
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