Teen Girl Survives Fall From San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
Second Teenager to Survive a Fall From the Bridge in Past Two Months
By ELOISE HARPER
SAN FRANCISCO April 18, 2011
A teenage girl who plummeted from the Golden Gate Bridge was recuperating in a hospital today, making her the second teenager to survive a fall from the San Francisco landmark.
Witnesses reported seeing the 16-year-old girl, who has not been publicly identified, go over the side of the bridge at 10:56 a.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard was able to recover the young woman who was responsive.
"The girl was conscious when she was pulled from the water," Coast Guard spokeswoman Laura Williams told ABC News.
The Coast Guard rushed the girl to shore where the San Francisco Fire Department took her to Marin General Hospital.
It has not been determined if she fell or jumped off of the bridge.
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Second Teenager to Survive a Fall From the Bridge in Past Two Months
By ELOISE HARPER
SAN FRANCISCO April 18, 2011
A teenage girl who plummeted from the Golden Gate Bridge was recuperating in a hospital today, making her the second teenager to survive a fall from the San Francisco landmark.
Witnesses reported seeing the 16-year-old girl, who has not been publicly identified, go over the side of the bridge at 10:56 a.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard was able to recover the young woman who was responsive.
"The girl was conscious when she was pulled from the water," Coast Guard spokeswoman Laura Williams told ABC News.
The Coast Guard rushed the girl to shore where the San Francisco Fire Department took her to Marin General Hospital.
It has not been determined if she fell or jumped off of the bridge.
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