Police on Thursday identified the two men who jumped from the George Washington Bridge minutes apart, including one from East Rutherford who was saved from a suicide plunge at the crossing last month, a source said.

Investigators believed both suicides on Wednesday were unrelated, according to Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.

Jia Chen, 38, parked his Toyota near the New Jersey tower on the Manhattan-bound lower level and jumped to his death around 4:20 p.m., Pentangelo said. Less than 10 minutes later, Nolan Siciensky, 21, of Ocean View, Cape May County, jumped from the eastbound upper level about mid-span after riding his bicycle onto the bridge.

New York City emergency responders recovered both bodies from the Hudson River, officials said.

Chen was the same man saved from a suicide attempt at the bridge Feb. 17, a law enforcement source told NJ Advance Media.

Port Authority officers responded to calls from a motorist after Chen abandoned his Toyota on the lower level, Pentangelo said at the time. Police Officer Jesse Turano reached over the bridge railing and grabbed the distraught man.

Turano, who has been credited with stopping at least a dozen suicide jumps, struggled with Chen while fellow officer Brendan Mulderrig anchored him to the bridge, police said. Chen was hospitalized at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after the save.

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