Old Hickory wrote:
wild hare wrote:
patf wrote:
eb wrote:
In the last 10 years, 275 people have died at the site and no one had previously survived swimming across its breadth. 275 fatalities? What?!
I would think most if not all of those are suicides. Famous places become popular suicide sites. I visited there in 2010 and I don't remember seeing any signs about suicide prevention. I remember somewhere recently where they had signs offering help if you were distressed, numbers to call, etc. Cliffs of Mohr had that in Ireland, but I think I have seen something similar in US, but I can't remember the venue.
My Dad worked at Hoover for 15+ years and from the stories he would tell,
You would know this. While on a tour of the dam, someone asked how any people were buried in the cement during the construction . The tour guide answered "none" and that was a tall tale.
What say you?
I finally remembered to ask my Dad - based on word of mouth from old timer on down, there are 3 people in the cement.
For the many years he was there, the suicides happened roughly once a month.