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Tina Zahn is a wife and mother of two. She has been actively involved in the American Red Cross and the American Diabetes Association and is a former pharmaceutical rep for Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Zahn is currently an instructor for One-to-One Discipleship, a facilitator for a local MOPS group, and a committee member of THRIVE womens satellite conferences. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband, Daniel, and their two children.Wanda Dyson is an ordained minister, author, and Christian counselor. She has written three novels, contributed to a nonfiction book, and written articles for On Mission, Radiant Life, and Clarion magazines. Wanda counsels women who suffer from depression, anxiety, fear, and the long-term effects of sexual assault, physical assault, low self-esteem, and rejection. I just had to make it to the bridge. If I could make it to the bridge, the pain would stop. I just had to make it to the bridge, and the hopelessness would end.It became a refrain, running over and over in my head as I raced down the highway: Make it to the bridge, and the pain will end.Its hopeless. Just wanna die. Make it to the bridge.When I finally reached the highest point of Tower Drive Bridge, I pulled over and stopped the car. I was so calm, so sure. I knew this was the right thing to do, and there was peace as I opened the door, stepped out, and walked around my car toward the guardrail.As I reached the concrete barrier, I heard someone calling out to me.Maam! Maam!I ignored him as I took a deep breath . . . and jumped. On July 19, 2004, an amazing story, accompanied by incredible video footage, broke across network and cable news programs. After a high-speed chase to the top of Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a young woman stopped, calmly stepped out of her car, walked to the edge of the bridge--and jumped. State trooper Les Boldt raced over, thrust out his hand, and in a miracle of timing and determination, snagged the womans wrist as she started the plunge. Other officers ran to his aid, and they pulled the woman to safety while the on-dash police cam captured the action.That woman on the edge was Tina Zahn, and in Why I Jumped she tells her story for the first time. In this gripping book, readers are given a glimpse of what led to such severe depression that suicide seemed the only answer. Readers wont be able to put down this powerful, true story of postpartum depression, dramatic rescue, and a return to hope. An incredible and gripping true story of depression, an attempt at suicide, a dramatic rescue, and return to hope. Tina Zahn is a wife and mother of two. She has been actively involved in the American Red Cross and the American Diabetes Association and is a former pharmaceutical rep for Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Zahn is currently an instructor for One-to-One Discipleship, a facilitator for a local MOPS group, and a committee member of THRIVE womens satellite conferences. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband, Daniel, and their two children.Wanda Dyson is an ordained minister, author, and Christian counselor. She has written three novels, contributed to a nonfiction book, and written articles for On Mission, Radiant Life, and Clarion magazines. Wanda counsels women who suffer from depression, anxiety, fear, and the long-term effects of sexual assault, physical assault, low self-esteem, and rejection.