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British woman, 23, jumped to her death from Golden Gate Bridge after studying suicide websites

by LotusFlower | June 30, 2008 at 11:53 am | 456 views | 6 comments | 5 recommendations

Suicide websites hit the news again with this tragic story. Do some get pleasure from encouraging someone to take their own life? When a person hits an all time low and then comes across one of these websites they become incredibly vulnerable. Something must be done to try and control these suicide sites.

A successful British woman with an "all-consuming" health problem jumped to her death from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco after surfing suicide websites, her family said today.

Olivia Crowther, 23, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, had been looking at macabre webpages showing "tall buildings and bridges" from which to leap.

Ms Crowther, who was planning a career in publishing, flew to the US from her London flat and checked into a hotel. Her body was found by the California Highway Patrol the next day.

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Orato

at 12:03 on June 30th, 2008

Check this story out: The Bridge: Looking Into The Abyss

LotusFlower

at 12:11 on June 30th, 2008

Great story - would like to see that documentary.

Beaulieu

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at 15:25 on June 30th, 2008

When people are feeling depressed they need supportive people around to care, talk and can keep an eye on them, such as, what websites they are looking at. Unfortunately, society doesn't care as much as they used to and people are often alone and hence, if they are in a depressed state, they end up trawling these websites. The British with their 'stiff upper lip' don't often want to be involved in discussing such serious things so it kind of alienates people and stops them from discussing these issues.

JeffHuang

at 15:43 on June 30th, 2008

Horrible story. They have got to put up suicide prevention railings on bridges like the one in Amy's article
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/bc-bridge-have-first-suicide-barrier

René

at 16:05 on June 30th, 2008

What was the 'all-consuming' health problem? and was she taking that terrible antidepressant drug that many commit suicide on? I don't think 'suicide-prevention' barriers are that much of a deterrant to one bent on doing it.