NightSide - Saving Lives On The Golden Gate Bridge

BOSTON (CBS) - About twice a month on average, someone who feels they have lost all hope and reason to live will journey to the Golden Gate Bridge and commit suicide by jumping off and falling more than two hundred feet into San Francisco Bay. That number would be a lot higher if not for Kevin Briggs, who started patrolling the bridge as a California Highway Patrol Officer back in 1994. Since then, he estimates he has talked more than two hundred people out of taking their own life, with only two still deciding to jump after he spoke with them. Kevin joins NightSide to talk with Dan about why he feels so passionately about suicide awareness and prevention. Tune in to hear his inspirational story.

Originally broadcast August 10th, 2015.