Naked Man Arrested After Surviving Jump From Iconic Bridge

A 44-year-old man was arrested after climbing to the top of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge, stripping off his clothes, and then plunging into the water hundreds of feet below. Galymzhan Abaildayev scaled the bridge’s north tower with a backpack on Sunday before displaying flags and then jumping into the East River. The bridge’s clearance is about 135 feet at its center, while its two main stone towers are about 270 feet tall. Abaildayev was rescued from the water by the New York Police Department’s harbor unit and taken to a local hospital in stable condition. He faces charges of reckless endangerment, graffiti, public lewdness, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct. It wasn’t immediately clear why he jumped or what was on the flags.

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