Three Bodies


The end of the film states that out of the 24 suicides in 2004, three bodies were not recovered. I was wondering which three were not found. I'm not sure why I want to know...the entire film disturbed me.

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It is an interesting question.

I guess with CCTV cameras and the film makers footage they were able to have a fairly accurate figure of the total number of jumpers that year. Tally up with the number of bodies hauled out and three must obviously have been left unaccounted for.

What intrigues me is how they know who they were to name them at the end.

If they just showed up and jumped and were never found how did they identify them. Unless it was through the footage and they were able to confirm identities.

But still, how do you go about saying look we have footage of a jumper, anyone know who it is?

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It is an interesting question.

I guess with CCTV cameras and the film makers footage they were able to have a fairly accurate figure of the total number of jumpers that year. Tally up with the number of bodies hauled out and three must obviously have been left unaccounted for.

What intrigues me is how they know who they were to name them at the end.

If they just showed up and jumped and were never found how did they identify them. Unless it was through the footage and they were able to confirm identities.

But still, how do you go about saying look we have footage of a jumper, anyone know who it is?

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I assume that police or public records would have the names of those who jumped that year. They probably wouldn't be too hard to find.

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But still, how do you go about saying look we have footage of a jumper, anyone know who it is?


I'm just guessing here, but perhaps they collate the footage with missing persons reports? Very few people go missing without someone (a friend or relative) trying to find out what happened to them.

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When someone jumps and the film crew (or someone else) reports it, the body is retrieved by the Coast Guard. Then the coroner determines cause of death and they identify the body through fingerprints, missing persons reports, dental records etc and then the coroner issues a death certificate.

When a report is recieved that someone jumped, but no body is recovered, this person can never be identified, hence the unkown "three bodies" at the end of the film.

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When a report is recieved that someone jumped, but no body is recovered, this person can never be identified, hence the unkown "three bodies" at the end of the film.


I have a feeling there were more than three bodies not recovered when you take into account some of them may have jumped at night and no one saw them go over.

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