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April 10, 2018 By Christian Murray
A man jumped to his death off the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge just before 7:00 a.m. today, police said.
The police got the report at about 7:15 a.m. and the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the man’s body from the water at about 7:45 a.m. The deceased was taken to Flushing Hospital where he was officially declared dead.
The man’s identity has not yet been released, pending notification, although police said he was a 44-year-old white man.