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Officers from the Port Authority and NYPD found the man perched on an I-beam and threatening to jump just below the bridge's Manhattan-bound lower level around 3:15 p.m. June 13, authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said.
The officers got him talking as colleagues closed the two right lower-level lanes on the eastbound side, witnesses said.
Within a half-hour, they'd grabbed hold of the man, then carefully lifted him to safety.
He was taken to a nearby hospital for an evaluation, Valens said.
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