The Jumper

The Jumper

The Jumper

The 40-year old jumper we met on the Bay Bridge that day ended up spending several hours hanging on that railing and caused a massive traffic jam going for miles into Oakland. He didn’t jump and ended up being arrested for DUI. A Spanish-speaking police officer managed to convince him to climb back on the bridge and surrender. His motives have yet to be explained.

If you know the Bay Bridge well and were there too when all this took place you will notice that I drew the wrong span of the bridge. The man was on the western section of the Bay Bridge just past Treasure Island and this is the eastern section of the bridge. I just prefer it… and it only has a few more years left as they are replacing it with a massive and hopefully earthquake proof span.