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1951 Press Photo Bernarr MacFadden Hudson River rescued

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Caption: AFTER CHUTING INTO THE HUDSON--Bernarr MacFadden, 83-year-old physical culturist, points a finger as he talks to reporters after 2,000-foot parachute jump into the Hudson River north of here yesterday. "I feel like a million," he told rescuers as they dragged him from the river. MacFadden landed in the river only 20 feet off the New Jersey shore, narrowly missing the rocky Palisades area, just north or here. Stunt celebrated his 83rd birthday which was on Aug. 16. Unidentified man at left helped pull him from the river.

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