Florida Matters: Jumping Off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge...and Surviving (October 10, 2011)

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Jumping Off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge...and Surviving

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge has become one of the top ten places in America to end your life.

On this special Florida Matters, we bring you the radio documentary "Splash" about the many who jumped, one lucky guy who survived, and how broken bones and a collapsed lung made him a new man.

We also talk to the documentary's producer, Lakeland native Rich Halten, about some of the ethics of taking on this difficult subject.

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Radio - Tuesday at 6:30 PM | Sunday at 7:30 AM on WUSF 89.7 Friday at 7:00 PM on WSMR 89.1

Radio Guests

Hanns Jones, jump survivor

Rich Halten, independent radio producer

Radio: Related Links

Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

Sunshine Skyway Posts from Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

Skyway Bridge Jumper Report (warning: controversial website)

Rich Halten's website

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