Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body; my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins; the sins I know, the sins I do not know; the sins I have concealed for so long, and which are now hidden from my memory. I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal, and venial for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour. I know my sins have wounded Your Sacred Heart, O my Saviour, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through Your most bitter Passion, my Redeemer.
Amen.
He didn't leave a note. He didn't say goodbye. On September 25, 2000, Kevin Hines boarded a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge with one thought in his mind: nobody would stop him, because nobody ever did.
Hundreds of people passed him that morning-tourists, joggers, commuters—but no one asked if he was okay. So he climbed over the railing and jumped.
The fall takes about four seconds.
In the first, Kevin felt the wind.
In the second, he saw the water rushing up.
In the third, his mind cracked open with devastating clarity: every problem he thought was impossible to fix was fixable-except this one.
He hit the water feet-first, shattering three vertebrae.
Paralyzed from the waist down, he fought to stay afloat. Then something moved beneath him, circling and nudging him upward. He thinks it was a sea lion. Whether real or imagined, it kept him alive until the Coast Guard arrived.
Recovery was grueling—multiple surgeries, months of rehabilitation.
Doctors doubted he would walk again. He did. And then he began speaking publicly, not just to process his trauma but to reach others in crisis. He told them about those four seconds, about the lie that pain is permanent, about the regret that comes the moment you let go.
His memoir “Cracked, Not Broken” and his speeches became lifelines for countless people who heard his story and chose to hold on.
Kevin also fought for something tangible: suicide prevention nets beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.
After decades of resistance, they were finally installed in 2023. The bridge that nearly claimed his life now catches others before they fall—a physical manifestation of hope.
Today, Kevin is in his forties, married, traveling, and alive with purpose. People write to him, saying his story stopped them in their darkest moments. He doesn't know how many lives he’s touched, but the number is not small.
Also “not small”The number of “Kevins” out there, wondering if they should jump today.
Be kind — you NEVER know what someone’s going through
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🚨 BREAKING — IT’S OFFICIAL: John Bolton is now a FELON after pleading GUILTY to unlawful retention of national defense information
He and his mustache have agreed to pay a $2.25 MILLION fine, face up to 60 MONTHS in prison, and forfeit his pension.
“As Mr. Bolton just admitted, he put our national security at grave risk in violation of the law,” the DOJ said
Give him all 60 months!
Bolton is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
🚨 HUGE NEWS: The US Postmaster General has just told Congress that the Post Office WILL NOT deliver mail-in ballots in the 2026 midterms to states who refuse to comply with President Trump's election integrity executive order
This order makes sure mail-in recipients are CITIZENS and are who they say they are — on top of making mail-in voting more secure
LFG!! Don't let the Dems defeat this in court! 🔥