The body was recovered on rocks at the base of the New York tower, according to police.
(File photo) FORT LEE - Police have recovered the body of a man who jumped from the George Washington Bridge early Friday.
The man got out of his vehicle on the north side of the bridge and jumped just before 2 a.m., according Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
Pentangelo said the man's body was found on rocks at the base of the New York tower.
The jump was the fourth at the bridge this year, the spokesman said.
In 2015, 18 people killed themselves in jumps from the GWB.
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