Advocates call on nys bridge authority to install measures to prevent suicides at bridges
Lawmakers and suicide prevention advocates are calling on the New York State Bridge Authority to do more to prevent suicide attempts on its bridges.
"Two years ago, I received a call no family member should ever have to receive," remembers Westchester County Legislator Erika Pierce. "From a stranger no less. A beloved family member had just ended their life on the Bear Mountain Bridge."
Since that day, 11 more people have ended their lives in the same way, off the five bridges in the Hudson Valley operated by the New York State Bridge Authority.