[npizzolato]

Here's the article in question.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers

Another powerful quote: "The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He’d written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’"