Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life
Кевин Бригс (Kevin Briggs): Мост између самоубиства и живота
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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на Сан Франциско, Тихи океан
магнет за самоубиство,
која се за то највише користе.
in charge of building the bridge,
Џозеф Штраус,
отпоран на самоубиство.
са којом се суочавају.
са полицајцем
way through these calls.
извршиоцу самоубиства
близу средишњег дела.
покушао самоубиство.
причу о Пандориној кутији.
из Њу Џерзија
са његовим родитељима
да провери како сам.
да члан ваше породице,
размишља о самоубиству?
не ради се само о причању
која им је потребна.
размишља о самоубиству,
them and ask the question.
и поставите питање.
be the turning point for them.
и бити прекретница.
из друштвеног живота;
тек пре пар дана
да сте на TED конференцији.
the bridge this weekend.
да прошетам мостом овог викенда.
и пренети је пријатељима
у којима схватам
може да се оконча.
колико јој је храбрости потребно
Кевина Бертију,
и само сте слушали.”
догађаје од 11. марта
што је Кевин и даље са нама.
кад је имао само 6 месеци,
наследних особина,
General Hospital that evening,
општу болницу Сан Франциска,
морала да разјашњавам.”
I've encountered on the job.
са чим сам се сусрео на послу.
у које сам био директно укључен,
са којим сам разговарао
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