A Sobering Plunge from the Eleventh Street Bridge
After attempting to end his life in the harbor while intoxicated, a local laborer decides that everyday life is worth holding onto.
Thomas Moore, who attempted to drown himself by plunging off the Eleventh Street bridge into the bay last Sunday, was yesterday released from the city jail. Moore made his suicidal attempt while intoxicated, and when he had sobered up he came to the conclusion that this plain, everyday life is a good enough thing to hold on to. Moore's spectacular attempt at suicide came at the close of a week's carousal. He is a good-appearing fellow and usually works as a laborer.
“When he had sobered up he came to the conclusion that this plain, everyday life is a good enough thing to hold on to.”
The Eleventh Street Bridge, a site of many such desperate historic moments, is now the location of the Murray Morgan Bridge. This story highlights the intersection of addiction, labor precarity, and mental health crises that remain a persistent, albeit often invisible, struggle in Tacoma's urban landscape.
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