8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia.
Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children.
This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable.
As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.”
Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives”
Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career.
Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage”
I salute Sergeant Briggs!
Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey
(via all-that-kinda-mess)
feeling sad sucks wtf who even invented feelings
(via mindd-games)
when guys are dressed in suits and they unbutton the top of their shirt and they undo their bowtie but keep it hanging under their collar and maybe they roll up their sleeves a bit and their hair is all disheveled and just…
(via diimplesxd)
if you take the letters from “OBAMA” and change them to numbers based on what number that letter is in the alphabet then you get 15 2 1 13 1, which adds up to 32 which is the current age of former backstreet boy nick carter. if that doesn’t scare you, then you don’t know the true meaning of fear.
(via le-stalker)
it literally stresses me out how much good music there is that i still haven’t listened to
(via le-stalker)
| me: eats a snack while making a snack |
