Bridging the Gap

Jersey City, New Jersey, November 1, 2006:

Ronatarian Party leader Ron figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Ron was counting his money Tuesday while walking across the Wittpenn Bridge over the Hackensack River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail.

He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river.

Then he swam about 100 yards to fish the bill from the water.

"I got my money back, hell yeah," Ron told The New Jersey Spew. "Twenty bucks is a lot of money when you're broke."

He was fished from the water by a passing recreational fisherman coming home after a morning of angling. Ron, who said he was already suffering from "a sore ass," refused treatment for cuts and scrapes he suffered in the fall.

Posted by Bittle at November 1, 2006 08:09 AM