Man Jumps Off the Zilwaukee Bridge…and Somehow Survives

It’s been a crazy couple of days on the Zilwaukee Bridge. Just yesterday, all lanes finally reopened after months of construction. Then, later in the day, things took a shocking turn when some guy from Detroit jumped off the bridge. Miraculously, that man somehow survived.

The bridge had just reopened the northbound lanes after the huge maintenance project when it all went down. At some point in the afternoon, a man tried to end his life by jumping from the bridge. Police say the man, who’s struggled with depression in the past, jumped from the southbound side.

Fisherman Witnesses Zilwaukee Bridge Jump

According to Breaking News 989, a fisherman out on the Saginaw River witnessed the entire incident and saw the man plunge into the water. Somehow, he was able to swim to shore and survive.

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It’s really sad to think that this man was at a point in his life where he felt this was the only answer.

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This has been a concern pretty much since the bridge opened in the late ’80s because it’s such a massive structure that stands about 125 feet above the Saginaw River at its highest point. There have been multiple incidents reported over the past couple of decades, some fatal and some where people, like in this case, somehow survived.