But now, suicide prevention advocates say they have a sense of hope. “It says we care about you, we see you, and we want to keep you safe,” declares Brittani Senser, a suicide loss survivor. Experts ...

Suicide-prevention advocates say the Washington Avenue Bridge has been a place of heartbreak, trauma and tragedy for too many people. They hope funding for the new barriers will help.

MJ Weiss, mother of Kayla Gaebel, who died by suicide on the Washington Avenue Bridge, presents to members of Kayla's HOPE on Thursday, April 4, at the SAVE office in Bloomington, Minn.

The Washington Avenue Bridge spans the East and West Banks of the University of Minnesota campus, with the murky Mississippi scrolling underneath. The bridge’s lower deck is a busy route for ...

the mother of Kayla Gaebel, said. "She was bright, educated, loving. Ahe was a mom of two kids." Weiss Blair has since developed her own nonprofit advocating for suicide awareness. Every day ...

Call or text 988 if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide. My story of the loss of my daughter, Kayla Gaebel, begins and ends where too many lives have ended: the Washington Avenue Bridge at ...

Kayla Rae Gaebel, age 29, of Shakopee, entered eternal life on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Born a Leo, August 16, 1994, in Burnsville, the daughter of Mary Jo (Thoennes) Weiss and Dave Gaebel. Kayl… ...

On Tuesday night, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), a nonprofit dedicated to ending suicide through education, held a meeting to update the community on the progress of installing ...

Kayla Gaebel was 29 years old, with a fiancé and two young children, when she went missing from her Shakopee home last November. The next day, police traced her GPS to the university she'd attended.