Several lanes closed on Aurora bridge due to possible suicide attempt

There's a potential suicide jumper on Seattle's Aurora Bridge today. Traffic has been backed up a couple of miles for hours. Power is out at a nearby coffeehouse I'm working at (no coffee for anyone). Pretty amazing to watch the number of cars and people "backed up" by one person's tragic mental health breakdown. Perhaps the economic costs of this many people missing a half day of work justifies greater coverage for mental illnesses in Washington state. Preventions savings are hard to measure in the jumps, school/mall shootings and other things that never happen.

Read story at NewsCloud.

Postscript: The man jumped or fell to his death a short time ago. Latest reports are he survived his injuries.

Comments

[Jeff]

Apparently, reports are the person survived the fall.