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From all outward appearances, John had everything going for him.
從所有的表象上來看，約翰是事事順心的。
He had just signed the contract to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years.
他剛剛簽下了售出他紐約住宅而帶來6位數利潤的合同，他只用了5年的時間就做到了。
The school where he graduated from with his master's had just offered him a teaching appointment, which meant not only a salary, but benefits for the first time in ages.
他碩士畢業的學校，剛剛提供給他一個教書的職位，這代表的，不僅僅是工資，還有隨之而來的各種福利。
And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.
然而，盡管對于約翰來說事事順心，但是他卻在掙扎，與毒癮和嚴重的抑郁癥在戰斗。
On the night of June 11th, 2003, he climbed up to the edge of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge and he leaped to the treacherous waters below.
2003年6月11日的晚上，他跨過了曼哈頓大橋邊緣的圍欄，跳進了下方危險的激流中。
Remarkably -- no, miraculously -- he lived. The fall shattered his right arm, broke every rib that he had, punctured his lung,
不可思議般的-- 不是，是奇跡般的--他生還了。墜落的力度粉碎了他的右臂，打斷了他所有的肋骨，刺穿了他的肺部。
and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry,
當他的意識時有時無，他順流漂到東河，直到布魯克林大橋下，到了史泰登島渡輪的入船口。
where passengers on the ferry heard his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East River and took him to Bellevue Hospital.
渡輪上的乘客，聽到了他痛苦的叫喊，報告了船長，船長報告了海岸巡邏隊，巡邏隊把他從東河打撈了起來，并安置到了貝爾維醫院。
And that's actually where our story begins. Because once John committed himself to putting his life back together -- first physically, then emotionally, and then spiritually --
這事實上就是估計開始地方，因為一旦約翰決心把自己拉回到原來的生活的時候--起先生理上的，然后心理上的，接著精神上的--
he found that there were very few resources available to someone who has attempted to end their life in the way that he did.
他發現只有極少的可用資源來幫助那些像他一樣曾經嘗試自殺的人。
