article_snippet: Aged just 21, Kevin Hines was suffering from bipolar disorder and psychosis when Kevin Hines jumped from the San Francisco landmark on a chilly September day in 2000.
article_snippet: Although Kevin Hines lived, Kevin Hines almost lost Kevin Hines ability to walk and was saved only by 14 hours of surgery on Kevin Hines back.
article_snippet: Kevin Hines said, "Kevin, I'm so very glad you're alive, I was less than two feet away from "Kevin when you jumped". '
article_snippet: By a stroke of luck, a witness saw Kevin Hines jump from the vast bridge and alerted the coastguard .
article_snippet: With temperatures in the bay's waters as low as 12C, Kevin Hines could have died of hypothermia had a witness not seen Kevin Hines jump and raised the alarm.
article_snippet: Kevin Hines said Kevin Hines never intended to tell Kevin Hines story because Kevin Hines was 'embarrassed', but changed Kevin Hines mind after a life-affirming talk to 120 students, many of whom had suicidal thoughts.
article_snippet: Now Kevin Hines has written a book about Kevin Hines experience, Cracked, Not Broken, and appears at conferences all over the world.
article_snippet: With medication and professional help Kevin Hines has managed to reduce Kevin Hines symptoms, including the voices in Kevin Hines head which told Kevin Hines to jump on that day 14 and a half years ago. '
article_snippet: Kevin Hines says Kevin Hines is one of just 34 survivors of falls from the Golden Gate Bridge, which rises high above the San Francisco Bay, and the only one to become a mental health campaigner.
highlights_snippet: Kevin Hines jumped into San Francisco Bay in 2000 after hearing voices .
  