Gothamist: Woman Takes a Brodie Off Brooklyn Bridge, Survives

robingee

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:32:43 -0500

So by #14's logic, when women succeed at suicide they are all, "Dammit!"

sonyactivision

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:37:01 -0500

Why didn't she wait for the pretty waterfall?

TSOL

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:37:08 -0500

Women attempt suicide in a bid for attention; men do it to kill themselves.

Spiritof76

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:14:21 -0500

There are a few beams over traffic that have handrails. It'd be scary to walk across them, but if you're going to commit suicide, I doubt you'd fear falling off. If you really wanted to do it right, you'd climb up the main cables to the top of a tower. There are wrought iron guards on the cables, but I think they'd be easy enough to get around if you're determined to kill yourself.

mocanlagunas

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:53:22 -0500

Just kill your boyfriend and put him in the bathtub... oh, wait...

janelle

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:47:23 -0500

"How in hell did she jump from the PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY into the water, clearing three lanes of traffic? Is she a superhero?" i think there are a couple places along the bridge where there are some bare-bones handrails such that one could walk across the roadway somewhat easily.

Rocknrope

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:28:17 -0500

Agree with Howboutdemcowboys - if you want to do it right, do it like that dirtbag who killed his girlfriend recently. At least he had the smarts to take an asphalt nap, and do it with flair by splitting himself in half on the flagpole.

Dave Hogarty

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:20:58 -0500

Actually, that Bugs cartoon spoofing Steve Brodie jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge is called Bowery Bugs and available online.

Larry

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:55:03 -0500

I would be suicidal too if I "lived" in bklyn.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:53:19 -0500

"Suicidal" people who jump from bridges into water instead of from buildings onto pavement kinda, sorta wanna live.

robingee

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:46:25 -0500

"Takes a Brodie" was also said in Bugs Bunny. Don't feel badly, navin, that you're not cool.

navinjohnson

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:40:07 -0500

"takes a brodie"? wow - aren't you cool with your inside lingo? can you imagine what might be going on inside someone's head where they think the only good option they have left is jumping off the fucking brooklyn bridge? i sure as hell can't - but i'm sympathetic enough of the situation to not see it as my chance to show how clever i can be. dick.

yoplay

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:29:17 -0500

i've done it before, no biggie.

rtd2101

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:21:45 -0500

ab bklyn: That's exactly what I was wondering. Once you get up a little ways, the roadway is covered by iron beams. So she may have walked on one of the beams across the roadway, from where she could've made the jump. Either way it's crazy, and its amazing she survived.

Kojak

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:18:33 -0500

The east river? A floating turd probably broke her fall

ab_bklyn

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:10:21 -0500

How in hell did she jump from the PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY into the water, clearing three lanes of traffic? Is she a superhero? She's very lucky she survived (though she probably doesn't feel that way right now).