NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say a man and a woman have died after they plunged from the upper level of the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River.
Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo (pehn-TAN’-juh-loh) says workers on the lower level saw something go past them toward the water around 11:20 a.m. Monday.
Then they looked over the edge and saw two people in the river.
Rescue workers retrieved the pair from the river shortly after noon. They were taken to a Manhattan hospital, but neither survived.
They were not carrying identification. They were believed to be around 40 years old.
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