By Melissa Binder and Andrew Theen, The Oregonian, Oct. 31, 2013 Neighbors who oppose the fences lining Vista Bridge had one thing to say to city officials Thursday: we told you so. The city installed 9-foot-high suicide-prevention fences on both sides of the historic Vista Bridge in Southwest Portland in August. Since then two people […]
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian, August 12, 2013 Susan Cech‘s phone rang at 6:26 a.m., and “Vista Bridge” was all that needed to be said. When she reached the bridge 10 minutes later, an SUV and a Portland police patrol car were still parked on the span, and the last person to see the jumper […]
MHAP does not endorse the barriers, a cosmetic non-remedy which sidesteps, at great expense, the real problems and needs of people in suicidal crisis. If it surprises you we’re not on board — being a mental health organization and all — read more about why. — Eds. By Sara Roth, KGW.com, August 6, 2013 Installation […]
By Reggie Aqui, KGW Newschannel 8, July 19, 2013 Despite objections from some Goose Hollow neighbors, Commissioner Steve Novick says there is nothing stopping the city from putting up a nine-foot-tall fence on the Vista Bridge, the span many know as “Suicide Bridge.” “Once I learned it was legally possible to put up a temporary […]
Temporary suicide barriers for Vista Bridge won’t go up until next month, and yesterday the interim was marked by tragedy when a man jumped to his death. It was the fourth suicide from the bridge this year. Commissioner Steve Novick and others are asking for volunteers to receive crisis training, then walk the bridge in […]
By David Stabler, The Oregonian, June 7, 2013 A 15-year-old Beaverton girl jumped to her death from Vista Bridge on Wednesday, the third suicide from the historic span this year. That equals the highest number of Vista Bridge suicides in any year in the past decade. The 1926 bridge, which spans MAX tracks and busy […]
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