article_snippet: A man who survived a suicide leap from the Golden Gate Bridge has told in detail how A man who survived a suicide leap from the Golden Gate Bridge was saved by a sea lion which kept A man who survived a suicide leap from the Golden Gate Bridge afloat until the coastguard arrived.
article_snippet: Kevin Hines Kevin Hines told a conference yesterday how Kevin Hines survived a suicide attempt nearly 15 years ago - because a sea lion circled under Kevin Hines and kept Kevin Hines afloat until help arrived .
article_snippet: Kevin Hines told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 'I guess you would call the Australian Broadcasting Corporation a mammal began swimming beneath Kevin Hines and I'm thinking, "Oh man, a shark is about to devour me". '
article_snippet: I was on a show for suicide prevention and I mentioned that I thought there was a shark on a show for suicide prevention and a man wrote into a show for suicide prevention and
article_snippet: Kevin Hines said: "It haunted me until this day; It was a shark, a shark was a sea lion and the people above looking down believed a shark to be keeping you afloat until the coast guard brought a ride behind you."'
article_snippet: Sea lions basking on piers in San Francisco.
article_snippet: Kevin Hines had talked about being saved by a sea lion before, including in a 2013 blog post. '
article_snippet: There are a large number of reporters and speculators who have claimed it was really a seal, and even those who have claimed that there was nothing but Kevin Hines in that water,' Kevin Hines wrote. '
article_snippet: However, I know that it was a sea lion and it is not a statistic anomaly.
article_snippet: Marine animals (dolphins, sea lions) and other creatures have helped save humans and other animals from dangerous situations all over the world. '
highlights_snippet: Kevin Hines had thought animal was a shark until bystander saw Kevin Hines speak on TV .
  
highlights_snippet: Kevin Hines said it was sea lion - which circled below Kevin Hines, keeping Kevin Hines afloat .