Nothing about suicide is easy. As a survivor, Tammy Langhoff knows this too well. Her daughter, Katie, attempted suicide eight years ago. “Her stepmom, Anna, found her in the basement,” Langhoff explained. “She screamed to Katie’s dad, my ex-husband, Jeff. He came downstairs and started CPR, and Anna called 911.” For the next five-and-a-half…
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Kevin Hines brilliantly recalls his experiences as a child, teen, and adult struggling with manic/bipolar disorder in his autobiography, “Cracked: Not Broken,” about his miracle survival after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The book that was published in 2013 by Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group…
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Travis Pipes, a suicide survivor, suicide activist, and an interviewee in the movie “Suicide: The Ripple Effect,” said that his life was changed five years ago by a simple photo call to Kevin Hines, who had survived a jump off the Golden Gate Bridge on Sept. 24, 2000. “I was introduced to Kevin Hines through…
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I walked into The Majestic movie theatre in Mequon, Wisconsin on March 12, 2018 with my class, anxious and excited to see “Suicide: The Ripple Effect,” a documentary about Kevin Hines’ attempt to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. My professor told us ahead of time that the movie was probably going…
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