Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life
Kevin Briggs: Podul dintre viață și moarte
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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partea de sud a coastei
in charge of building the bridge,
care s-a ocupat de construcția lui,
poate fi moartea asta.
way through these calls.
spre mijlocul podului.
Cutia Pandorei.
„Să nu deschizi niciodată cutia.”
în seara aceea
să vadă cum mă simt.
de care au nevoie.
them and ask the question.
făcându-i să se răzgândească.
be the turning point for them.
convingerea că lucrurile sunt groaznice
credința că nu poți face nimic
acum câteva zice,
anul acesta,
bănuiesc că ești la conferința TED.
the bridge this weekend.
pe pod în weekend.
să vorbească prietenilor
prietenilor lor.
că Mike nu se întoarce acasă.
spre San Francisco
împreună cu tatăl lui
era la pod.
care i-a trebuit
de pe balustrada podului
din 11 martie,
pentru care Kevin e încă în viață.
General Hospital that evening,
în acea seară
și despre depresile lui
I've encountered on the job.
m-am confruntat în munca mea.
asta se poate realiza în trei moduri:
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.
Kevin Briggs | Speaker | TED.com