Waking Up Alive

This is a film about commitment to life, even under conditions of paralyzing depression. The protagonist, suffering deep mental pain, urgently wanted to die. He decided to jump from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge--usually a certain path to death. He walked to the middle of the bridge, gazed at the water below, and vaulted. As he saw and felt his hands leave the rail he desperately wanted to live. This is the story of his miraculous survival and of what he did with that miracle.