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Man rescued after jumping from Walt Whitman

A man was pulled from the Delaware River after jumping from the Walt Whitman Bridge on Wednesday morning. Rescue crews responded to the incident shortly after 8:30 a.m., after a witness reported to the Delaware River Port Authority that someone had leapt from the bridge, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A man was pulled from the Delaware River after jumping from the Walt Whitman Bridge on Wednesday morning.

Rescue crews responded to the incident shortly after 8:30 a.m., after a witness reported to the Delaware River Port Authority that someone had leapt from the bridge, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The man was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital after he was pulled from the river. His condition is not yet known.

Further details weren't immediately available.