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Eric Steel filmed the Golden Gate Bridge every single day of 2004. They captured gorgeous time lapse images of the picture-postcard landmark. But Steel’s film The Bridge, now out on DVD, also captures the very last moments of many people who ended their lives there.

Four-year-old Lauren Lettner holds a sign

This military dad lost his son. Now, he’s trying to help other families battle against veteran PTSD and suicide.

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Lafayette shooting

Looking at the ‘virtue’ that drives some to kill themselves and others

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