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SAN FRANCISCO — A 16-year-old girl has survived a fall from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, officials said.
The Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard said the girl was in the water for 20 minutes Sunday before being pulled to safety conscious and responsive.
Coast Guard officials said a good samaritan kept her afloat, NBC Bay Area reported. Golden Gate Bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie told the NBC station that the teenager had jumped in a suicide attempt.
She was transported to Marin General Hospital, but her condition wasn't immediately available.
Fire dispatchers got the first call at 10:53 a.m. (1:53 p.m. ET) and the Coast Guard found her at 11:13 a.m., the Chronicle said.
Officials say about 25 people per year die in jumps from the bridge, roughly 200 feet above the water.
In March, a 17-year-old boy survived after leaping from the bridge. Officials don't believe it was a suicide attempt.
NBC Bay Area, msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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