![]() The coalition is also working to put these signs up in other public places throughout Pierce County. You don’t get a break when you leave school.” ![]() There’s so much pressure on our kids, cellphones and social media with them constantly. “We realize that it’s harder to be a kid now than it’s ever been,” said Weymiller. Jonathan Bauer sprung into action on May 2 when he and his daughter were out running errands and saw a truck swerve on the Route 90 bridge. That’s 3 percent higher than the state average. A man who jumped off a bridge to save a 2-year-old girl who plunged into a bay during a car crash has been honored with a Thunderbirds flight in Maryland. In the latest Health Youth Survey, 25 percent of high school seniors in the Peninsula School District have seriously considered suicide. ![]() ![]() KIRO 7 also reached out to the Peninsula School District, which is also part of the coalition.Īccording to Katy Weymiller, the district’s communication and community engagement director, there’s always a concern with it comes to suicide and teens. He said the group’s mission now is to encourage the state legislation to put aside more money in the budget that could towards putting in netting or barriers at bridges across the state. “If signs can make people pause, that’s the goal and it has served its purpose,” said Bob Anderson, the coalition’s group coordinator.Īnderson lost his son, Rob, to suicide 20 years ago. Legislators in 2018 approved a measure that would provide up to 85 million in loans to keep tolls from jumping except for a one-time 25-cent increase over the life of the bridge debt. ![]()
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