Teenage Girl Survives Plunge From Golden Gate Bridge

Teenage Girl Survives Plunge From Golden Gate Bridge

A teenage girl was rescued from San Francisco Bay this morning after jumping or falling from the Golden Gate Bridge, a fire department dispatcher said.

San Francisco fire and police departments joined a U.S. Coast Guard response to a report of a person who had hit the water after falling or jumping 220 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge at about 10:55 a.m., the dispatcher said.

Rescuers found a teenage girl who had survived the fall from mid-span on the San Francisco side of the bridge, the dispatcher said.
The girl was conscious and responsive when she was pulled from the water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
She was taken to Marin General Hospital.
Officials did not immediately confirm if the girl had been attempting to commit suicide.

Few have ever survived a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge.

From NBC:

It was not clear early on if the girl jumped on purpose or somehow fell from the mid-span section of the bridge moments before, but by Sunday evening Golden Gate Bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie said she could confirm the teenager had jumped in a suicide attempt.

The approximately 220-foot leap claims the lives of about 25 people per year.

The incident follows a March jump, in which a 17-year-old boy survived a similar attempt from the bridge. However, that jump was not a suicide attempt, as boy claimed it was a "stunt."