>>SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- A bridge over Seattle is becoming hazardous to the mental health of the dot-com employees and other office workers below, who keep seeing people jump to their deaths from the span
Grief counselors regularly go to Cutter & Buck, paying a visit as recently as a month ago.
A few weeks ago, officials installed six emergency phones and 18 signs that read, "Suicidal?" and give the number of a 24-hour crisis line in bold yellow type.
But as for other possible solutions, transportation officials said installing nets or raising the sides of the bridge could interfere with safety inspections -- which are made with a big bucket lowered over the railing -- and could catch the wind, making the span dangerously unstable.
Moreover, any plans would need to go through a special public approval process because the bridge is a national historic landmark
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/26/suicide.bridge.ap/index.html
I offer a fix for these traumatized employees. Stop looking out the window and get to work. Or buy window shades!
Grief counselors regularly go to Cutter & Buck, paying a visit as recently as a month ago.
A few weeks ago, officials installed six emergency phones and 18 signs that read, "Suicidal?" and give the number of a 24-hour crisis line in bold yellow type.
But as for other possible solutions, transportation officials said installing nets or raising the sides of the bridge could interfere with safety inspections -- which are made with a big bucket lowered over the railing -- and could catch the wind, making the span dangerously unstable.
Moreover, any plans would need to go through a special public approval process because the bridge is a national historic landmark
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/26/suicide.bridge.ap/index.html
I offer a fix for these traumatized employees. Stop looking out the window and get to work. Or buy window shades!
