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An unhinged, 44-year-old naked man jumped off the top of the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday afternoon in front of shocked onlookers \u2014 and miraculously survived, according to cops and wild video.<\/p>\n

Read more Naked nutjob who leaped from Brooklyn Bridge and miraculously survived identified<\/a><\/p>\n

The nutjob affixed multiple flags at the top of the bridge and \u201ctook off clothing\u201d after he scaled the north tower on the Manhattan side of the iconic bridge around 2:30 p.m., police sources said.<\/p>\n

The NYPD\u2019s Emergency Services Unit tried to convince him to come down, but he leapt instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cA guy jumped out of the top after getting naked,\u201d an X user wrote while posting video of the disturbing jump.<\/p>\n

The man appeared to hold a piece of clothing or a bag above his head like a makeshift parachute as he plummeted into the water, the video showed.<\/p>\n

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Quick-thinking Harbor Unit cops rescued the man from the East River.<\/p>\n

One of the flags was the Kazakh flag, and another was a blanket with random writing on it, althought it\u2019s not immediately clear what it said, according to sources.<\/p>\n

He was taken to NYC Health+Hospitals Bellevue, where he was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n

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The bridge\u2019s two suspension towers are roughly 278 feet tall.<\/p>\n

The incident comes less than a month after a distraught woman was heroically rescued by NYPD cops off the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n

The woman, who sources said had a history of mental health issues, remained on the span high above the roadway for more than an hour as cops tried to talk her down.<\/p>\n

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