Naked Man Facing Slew of Charges After Surviving Jump From Brooklyn Bridge
Police say Galymzhan Abaildayev was rescued from the East River and charged with reckless endangerment, public lewdness and trespass after the bridge climb.
- On Sunday afternoon, Galymzhan Abaildayev, 44, climbed the Brooklyn Bridge's north tower, stripped naked, and leaped roughly 278 feet into the East River; NYPD Harbor Unit officers rescued him shortly after.
- Authorities received a 911 call around 2:30 p.m. reporting a man climbing the structure, prompting police to discover a Kazakh flag and a blanket marked with incoherent writing left at the tower.
- Emergency responders transported Abaildayev to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, where medical staff reported him in stable condition following the rescue from the East River.
- Police charged Abaildayev with reckless endangerment, public lewdness, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct, while authorities immediately closed pedestrian traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge during the incident.
- The incident occurred less than a month after a separate rescue on the same Brooklyn Bridge involving a distressed person, with police currently investigating the circumstances.
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A 44-year-old man, identified as Galymzhan Abaildayev, survived a flight from nearly 85 meters after climbing the north tower of the famous bridge, undressing and jumping into the East River. Now he has to answer five charges, while police and investigators remain without an explanation of the gesture. Sunday, August 2, afternoon, around 14:30, the police officers of New York were alerted by reports of a man who was climbing the Brooklyn Bridge,…
Police were called to the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday afternoon local time after receiving reports of a man climbing the 143-year-old structure. According to investigators, after reaching the top of the bridge's north tower, the 44-year-old man removed his clothes, hung flags, and then jumped into the East River, NBC News reported. The man was rescued by police and taken to a hospital. Doctors described his condition as stable. The New York Post t…
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by Cullen Linebarger An individual with a death wish woke up this weekend and decided that jumping off one of the world’s most famous bridges, bare naked, would be a good idea. As The New York Post reported, a 44-year-old man scaled the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday afternoon and attached several flags at the top. Per...
One man panicked the citizens of Brooklyn as he ascended to the towers of the mythical city bridge, which are about 85 meters high, and, once up, he undressed, waved a flag of Kazakhstan and threw himself into the void using his backpack as if it were a parachute. Galymzhan Abaildayev, 44, landed in the water and miraculously survived the awesome fall thanks to the swift action of the American Police, who came to his rescue and, once on the grou…
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