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SAN FRANCISCO -- A 16-year-old girl became the second person in five weeks to survive a plunge from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge -- a 220-foot drop that is almost always fatal. The unidentified teen lived through the drop Sunday and the 20 minutes she spent in the 53-degree water of San Francisco Bay before she was rescued, Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard motor boat that pulled the girl from the bay about 200 yards from the east side of the bridge said she was conscious and responsive. One witness reported seeing her swimming to stay afloat, Talmadge said. "To me, it's just amazing she even survived that drop, whether it was a jump or a fall," she said. The girl was transported to Marin General Hospital, but her condition wasn't immediately available. In March, a 17-year-old boy who jumped from the bridge during a school field trip survived with only bruises and the threat of prosecution for trespassing.
So the Golden Gate Bridge is kind of becoming a pussy in it's old age, huh? I mean not 2 months after we blog about some high school kid jumping in to raise his sex status at school we got this teenage girl taking a plunge right in the bridges grill. I mean it's a girl, and witnesses said they saw her swimming around afterwards, like she just took went off the family diving board in her back yard.
Dude, you've got to tighten your game up before masses of dare devil jumpers start making their way over to old softie to take a thrill jump from the once mighty Golden Gate Bridge. Shit is embarrassing.
