Confessions of a Serial Dancer - by Trina

I rarely watch tv these days but found myself with some spare time on the couch, channel surfing two Sunday nights ago. 60 minutes was just starting and the first segment on Eric Steel's controversial documentary The Bridge that reports on the suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco was quite disturbing. Footage of people jumping to their deaths was shown, reminiscent of the horrifying scenes from 9/11.

To see these people in their last few moments, contemplating whether or not they want to live or die... it seems so far from reality but it happens hundreds of times a year at that very same place. One guy in the film, who survived after jumping off the Bridge, spoke of how he began to realise, shortly after he had jumped, that he didn't want to die yet, and did what he could to try and save himself. He landed in the water in a sitting position, sinking deep into the murky waters. " Which way do I go?" He wondered. Out of nowhere came a little ray of light which he followed, picked up by the Coast Guard not long after.