Kevin Hines attempted suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. At 19, he convinced himself that everyone hated him and wanted him dead. He felt useless and weak.

Hines survived the jump in 2000, one of only a few dozen people to do so. Authorities estimate more than 1,300 people jumped to their deaths since the bridge opened in 1937.

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