AUBURN– “You matter! You are loved! People would be even worse off if you passed away.” “Believe … I will miss you so much, so please do not go.”
Those are just two out of almost 1,400 notes of love and motivation, posted along both sides of the half-mile-long span of the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn.Brittney Hendricks’mission to save lives started five weeks ago with simply 240 of the handwritten notes, which she and others posted along the 730-foot high structure, the highest bridge in California. Eighty-seven individuals have ended their lives there given that the bridge was integrated in 1973. Hendricks ‘goal is that the notes will offer a desperate individual some hope and get them to change their mind.”The more individuals speak about it I feel like the
less kind of dark cloud it type of has. Suicide impacts a great deal of individuals however nobody actually talks about it.” Suicide is something that Hendricks knows all too well. Her grandfather dedicated suicide. Just years earlier, her teenage child pondered it.Her other half, who is a handicapped fight veteran, deals
with post-traumatic stress condition and anxiety almost every day.”If we spoke about it more and it wasn’t such a taboo subject then perhaps people would be OKAY with reaching out and requesting for help,”Hendricks said.A spokesperson for the National Suicide Avoidance Lifeline recently called Hendricks
to state the notes have made the difference in conserving somebody’s life. “She had actually had a veteran who was on the bridge. He took among our notes and contacted them, “Henricks said.” He had told her that he had went to the bridge with intents of contemplating jumping and he wasn’t aware. He was simply type of blown away that people had actually gone out and done that. “”It might be your family member, your partner, your better half or your child on that bridge
one day,” Hendricks said. “And if there’s anything that could potentially stop them, why would not we do it? “If you or an enjoyed one are dealing with depression and need help, there is always somebody to talk with. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is staffed 24 hours each day. You can call 1-800-273-8255 to talk to somebody any day of the week.
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