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For most suicidal folks,or those contemplating suicide,they wouldn't think of hurting another person.
對于大多數(shù)試圖自殺者，或考慮自殺的人，他們不會想到會傷害到另一個人，
They just want their own pain to end.
他們就是想結(jié)束自己的痛苦。
Typically, this is accomplished in just three ways:
通常，只有三種方法可以實現(xiàn)：
sleep, drugs or alcohol, or death.
睡覺，毒品或酒精，或是死亡。
In my career, I've responded to and been involved in hundreds of mental illness and suicide calls around the bridge.
在我的職業(yè)生涯中，我參與了數(shù)百起大橋附近的精神疾病和自殺報案。大橋附近的精神疾病和自殺報案。
Of those incidents I've been directly involved with,I've only lost two,but that's two too many.
其中我直接參與的事件里，我只失去了兩個，但兩個實在太多了。
One was Jason.
一個是杰森。
The other was a man I spoke to for about an hour.
另外一個是名男子，我和他談了大約一個小時。
During that time, he shook my hand on three occasions.
在那一小時里，他三次與我握手。
On that final handshake,he looked at me, and he said,Kevin, I'm sorry, but I have to go.
最后一次握手時，他看著我說，凱文，我很抱歉，我得走了。
And he leapt.
他一躍而下。
Horrible, absolutely horrible.
太可怕了，真的太可怕了。
I do want to tell you, though,the vast majority of folks that we do get to contact on that bridge do not commit suicide.
但我真的想告訴你們，絕大多數(shù)我們在橋上與之有過接觸的人都沒有自殺。
Additionally, that very few who have jumped off the bridge and lived and can talk about it,that one to two percent,most of those folks have said that the second that they let go of that rail,they knew that they had made a mistake and they wanted to live.
另外，那些跳下橋并且幸存的極少數(shù)，那些能說起這件事的人，那百分之一、二的人，其中多數(shù)人都說，他們放開護(hù)欄的一瞬間，他們知道了自己犯下了一個錯誤，他們想活。
I tell people, the bridge not only connects Marin to San Francisco,but people together also.
我告訴人們，金門大橋連接的不僅是馬林縣與舊金山，也連接著人與人之間。
That connection, or bridge that we make,is something that each and every one of us should strive to do.
這種連接，或者我們所建的這座橋，代表著我們每一個人應(yīng)當(dāng)為之而努力的東西。
Suicide is preventable.
自殺是可以避免的。
There is help. There is hope.
有幫助，也有希望。
Thank you very much.
非常感謝大家。
