Today kevin is a worldrenowned mental health advocate, motivational speaker and author who travels the globe spreading a message of hope, recovery and wellness. Man who survived jump from golden gate bridge shares his story duration. Now a mental health speaker, he shared his incredible story with an australian suicide prevention conference. University health and counseling services will host kevin hines for an event titled cracked not broken oct. Kevin hines is a walking miracle, having jumped off the golden gate bridge and survived. Many factors contributed to his miraculous survival including a sea lion which kept him afloat until the coast guard arrived.
The bridge offers glimpses into the darkest, and possibly most impenetrable corners of the human mind. Kevin hines iii kevin hines is a writer and actor, known for stay alive 2019, suicide the ripple effect 2018 and farm days 2019. Selfhelp author who has worked on the board of the international bipolar foundation, the bridge. Hines knows how lucky he is to have survived his suicide attempt. Kevin hines survived suicide jump from golden gate bridge. At age 19, a mentally ill kevin hines tried to kill himself by jumping off the golden gate bridge. To many in the san francisco bay area, he was a lifesaver.
The bridge by eric steel eric steel, kevin hines, patrick. Do entertainers, celebrities and speakers like kevin hines do paid appearances and speaking engagements. More people choose to end their lives at the golden gate bridge than anywhere else in the world. Since it was erected in 1937, more than 1,700 people have jumped off the golden gate bridge in san francisco, calif. At age 19, kevin hines attempted to take his life by jumping from the golden gate bridge.
Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Hines says even a small fence might have changed his mind, and jenni olsen, producer of a 2005 documentary about bridge suicides, agrees. He was just 19 years old and suffering from bipolar disorder. The film highlights the journey of kevin hines, who at age 19, attempted to take his life by jumping from the golden gate bridge. Suicide the ripple effect takes you on a journey with kevin hines who survived jumping from the golden gate bridge in an attempt to take his life. He is a best selling author, global public speaker, and award winning documentary filmmaker. Kevin hines kevin hines is a speaker, author and advocate for mental and behavioral health. John kevin hines birth parents were poor, troubled people who had their baby taken away by social. At age 19, kevin attempted to take his life by jumping off the golden gate bridge. Kevin hines, who at age 19 attempted to take his life by jumping from the golden gate bridge, chronicles the impact of his suicide attempt on others and his work as a mental health advocate since that time. Since then kevin has been on a mission to use his story to help others find hope and stay alive. The closest the movie comes to offering a case history is the story of kevin hines, a young man with bipolar disorder who decided midway in his leap that he wanted to live and arranged his body. Kevin hines, who survived a suicide attempt after jumping from the golden gate bridge, will speak 7 p.
In the year 2000, kevin attempted to take his life by jumping off the golden gate bridge. Kevin has also been one of the key catalysts in helping end a nearly 80year long fight to construct suicide prevention net. Director eric steel has succeeded in making one of the most morbid documentaries ever, the bridge. A jumper advocates for a barrier and makes a new life. But what might have kept him from jumping at all could have been something as simple as getting a letter in. He is the sole survivor actively spreading the message of living mentally well and the prevention of suicide. You can find booking and speaking fee information, contacts for booking agent, publicist, agency, manager and biography information on kevin hines and other well know individuals for. The film chronicles kevin s personal journey and the. Kevin hines is a national suicide survivor, public speaker, award winning documentary filmmaker, and bestselling author. The bridge is an intense viewing experience, a documentary that addresses death with a candidness rare in any forum. Looking back, i dont think they couldve chosen better. The bridge 2006 suicide documentary by eric steel spanning one year of filming at the golden gate bridge 1.
The suicide prevention and mental health advocate uses his remarkable story to shine a light on the mental health crisis and spread a message of hope and healing. We had a project for film and literature in high school around a documentary of our choosing and one of the students chose this. The 2% is a short film andrew harrison brown about kevin s story and the current state of mental health in our country. Golden gate stars in dark documentary film premiering in. He is in the 2% of golden gate bridge jumpers that survived their suicide attempt. On september 24, 2000, the paranoid and hallucinating nineteenyearold flung himself off the bridge in a suicide attempt.
Kevin hines is an awardwinning global speaker, bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and suicide prevention and mental health advocate who has reached millions with his story of an unlikely survival and his strong will to live. Kevin hines jumped into san francisco bay in 2000 after hearing voices. Golden gate stars in dark documentary film premiering in s. If it is a little more difficult, it would cause people. After his nearly fatal suicide attempt 16 years ago, kevin hines has become the bridge between the many who have made a similar act and those they left behind wondering why. Man who jumped off golden gate bridge gives back in. The only words kevin hines wanted to hear when he stood on the golden gate bridge in 2000, on the day he attempted suicide by jumping off the bridge, were. Suicide the ripple effect watch this documentary for. Kevin hines i jumped off the golden gate bridge on sept. He fell 220 feet straight down into the bay, shattering his t12, l1, and l2 vertebrae and lacerating his lower organs. Hines has experienced a lot of notoriety as a bridge jump survivor. Instead, the bridge marks the beginning of his remarkable story. Channel marker presents the kevin hines story, an evidenced based suicide prevention, free speaking engagement open to the public. Yet, for author kevin hines the bridge is not merely a marker of a place or a time.
Hines is a brainmental health advocate, awardwinning global speaker, bestselling author and documentary filmmaker who reaches audiences with his story of an. At 19 years old, kevin attempted to take his own life by jumping off the golden gate bridge a distance which took four seconds to the golden gate bridge is one of the most recognizable structures. It is far more respectful and nuanced than the shocking premise sounds, a moving thoughtful sympathetic rumination on the vagaries of mental illness. Kevin has been featured in the critically acclaimed film the bridge, on larry king live, 2020, anderson cooper 360, good morning america, and irelands famed tonight with vincent browne. In september 2000, kevin hines leapt from the golden gate bridge, a method of suicide attempt that has resulted in death for most of the 2000 people who have made that jump since the bridge was erected in 1937. See more ideas about kevin hines, mental health advocate and kids mental health.
The fates of the 24 people who died at the golden gate bridge in 2004 are linked together by a 4 second fall. Kevin hines is an awardwinning international speaker, author, and mental health advocate. Kevin hines, golden gate bridge survivor metafilter. His story gained much coverage and he has since become an activist promoting suicide prevention. For what its worth, this is what kevin had to say about the bridge when it first came out. Kevin hines, who survived jump from golden gate bridge. The bridge 2006 documentary film the bridge is a 2006 britishamerican documentary film by eric steel spanning one year of filming at the famed golden gate bridge which crosses the golden gate entrance to san francisco bay, connecting the city of san francisco, california to the marin headlands of marin county, in 2004. In september 2000, kevin hines leapt off the golden gate bridge, a method of suicide attempt that has resulted in death for most of the 2000 people who have made that jump since the bridge was erected in 1937.
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