In Chicago, the transport company Metra will develop and install signs and posters on subway platforms for suicide prevention.
Metra is collaborating with mental health experts to come up with poster ideas. In addition to the psychological help hotline, messages will be written to them that will give hope to desperate people. And, perhaps, a potential suicide will decide to take the fatal step.
“When a person dies on the railway or in the subway, this incident affects not only the family of the deceased, but also subway workers, drivers, and passengers,” said CBS Metra Board Chairman Norman Carlson. “This is a crisis that must be overcome.”
Since the beginning of the year, in Chicago, 16 people have committed suicide by throwing themselves in front of a train. In 2016, there were 20, and in 2015, 19 cases were recorded.
As part of its suicide prevention initiative, Metra will train employees — track workers, drivers, cashiers — how to recognize a person who has decided to commit suicide yourself, and what to do when there is a suicide in front of you.
