After a veterinarian’s death, a D.C. bridge could get a suicide barrier
Since then, Van Thof, who is also a veterinarian, has been mourning his loss and fighting to keep more people from ending their lives in the same way. A website shecontains a grief journal that offers intimate glimpses of the life they lived together and the one she is now living without him. It also details her push to bring more attention to the high suicide rate among veterinarians and her effort to get a suicide barrier added to Taft Bridge.
Van Thof was on the Ellington Bridge when she learned that Tripp had jumped from the Taft Bridge, which carries Connecticut Avenue over Rock Creek and is located just blocks from their apartment. She had been sleeping and woke up to their Dalmatian, Hugo, barking. Minutes later, she received a concerning text from Tripp and went looking for him with a friend.
If past efforts to get fences and nets added to bridges across the country are any indication, the most vocal resistance will come from individuals and groups who don’t want views and aesthetics altered by a barrier. Those are valid concerns, but preserving lives outweighs preserving landscapes. The country is in the middle of a known mental health crisis, and barriers have been proven to reduce the number of bridge suicides.
She said they were best friends before they started dating. After they graduated in 2019, the two lived and worked together in Oregon before moving to the District, where he worked for District Veterinary Hospital in Brookland and she worked temporarily for Lap of Love, which does in-home euthanasia, before starting a fellowship with the State Department.
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