Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life
Kevin Briggs: Il ponte tra il suicidio e la vita
As a member of the California Highway Patrol with assignments including patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge, Sergeant Kevin Briggs and his staff are the last barriers between would-be suicides and the plunge to near-certain death. Full bio
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di Marin County,
per i suicidi,
in charge of building the bridge,
responsabile della costruzione del ponte,
oltre 1600 persone,
da preoccupazioni e dolore
quello che accade veramente
di quattro o cinque secondi
a cui sta andando incontro.
parlava a un agente,
way through these calls.
tra una chiamata e l'altra.
altre due volte dal New Jersey
del vaso di Pandora.
era la speranza.
del New Jersey
per darmi una controllata.
a chiedergli di farlo.
avesse tendenze suicide?
non è tanto il parlare, ma l'ascoltare.
di cui hanno bisogno.
abbia pensieri suicidi
e fategli la domanda.
them and ask the question.
di porre fine alla loro vita;
be the turning point for them.
e essere il suo punto di svolta.
che le cose siano terribili
non si possa farci niente;
solo due giorni fa,
di quest'anno
alla Conferenza TED.
the bridge this weekend.
sul ponte questo fine settimana.
San Francisco
era al ponte.
saltare dal ponte
di alcuna malattia mentale?
suo figlio quel giorno,
una nuova vita."
e mi hai semplicemente ascoltato."
Kevin è ancora qui con noi.
disperatamente chiedendo aiuto.
General Hospital that evening,
il San Francisco General Hospital,
e della sua depressione
I've encountered on the job.
che ho incontrato sul lavoro.
sono stato coinvolto direttamente
andare da quella ringhiera,
solo Marin a San Francisco,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Briggs - Golden Gate guardianAs a member of the California Highway Patrol with assignments including patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge, Sergeant Kevin Briggs and his staff are the last barriers between would-be suicides and the plunge to near-certain death.
Why you should listen
The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic landmark of unparalleled beauty and attracts swarms of visitors every year. Tragically, also among them are hundreds of suicidal men and women.
As a member of the CHP for over twenty-three years, with the majority of those years patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge, Sgt. Briggs discovered early that his job required him to take on an unusual role for a police officer: suicide prevention counselor. As a cancer survivor and survivor of multiple heart operations, Briggs’ familiarity with personal struggle bonds him with suicidal men and women. With simple empathy, an instinct for improvisation and a refusal to walk away, Briggs has negotiated several hundred people from suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. As he told the SF Chronicle, "I've talked to people from ten minutes to seven hours. I very much despise losing. I do whatever I can to get that person back over the rail. I play to win." Sgt. Briggs retired from the CHP in November 2013.
Kevin also has a book, Guardian of the Golden Gate , about his experiences.
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