About one million people (in US) attempt suicide a year and cost the nation $500 billion. How is this cost calculated and why is this figure so high ($500,000) for each attempt?
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Here in Tampa many people commit suicide by jumping off the Skyway bridge, about 12 to 15 a year. Before they finally put up a fence they had a state trooper posted on each side most nights. When someone did jump they’d send out the coast gaurd helicopter, several boats. Even though bridge is 190 feet high some people would survive. Emergency crews would go to nearest boat ramp as well as top of the bridge. Shut down one of the lanes etc. This is probably more extreme end but im sure it wasn’t cheap everytime this happened.
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