{"id":312881,"date":"2026-08-03T21:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312881\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:46:48","slug":"naked-nutjob-who-jump-off-brooklyn-bridge-plotted-plunge-on-birthday-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312881\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked nutjob who jump off Brooklyn Bridge plotted plunge on birthday: roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The naked nutjob who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a> is an activist against Kazakhstan\u2019s government \u2014 and bragged he was going to make the daring leap on his birthday, his roommate revealed Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was telling me he was going to do it,\u201d Josh Karadag, 43, the roomie of accused jumper Galymzhan Abaildayev<\/a> told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday was his birthday,\u201d he said, adding he was recently inspired by two people who leaped off the bridge last month.<\/p>\n

Galymzhan Abaildayev, 44, leaps off the Brooklyn Bridge on Aug. 2, 2026. He affixed multiple flags to the bridge before jumping into the East River, where he was rescued by the NYPD Harbor Unit. X\/@m_alejandr07<\/p>\n

Abaildayev\u2019s roommate Josh Karadag said Abaildayev made the harrowing jump on his birthday. X\/@m_alejandr07<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019m gonna jump from the bridge and he did.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Abaildayev, 44, is facing several charges after he survived the wild nude jump off the north tower<\/a> on the Manhattan side of the bridge.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn man erected several flags on top of the bridge, including a Kazakhstan one \u2014 because he\u2019s a vocal opponent of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always tell him, \u2018Can you change anything in Kazakhstan? No, you can\u2019t, so live your life, brother,’\u201d said Karadag, a Turkish-born artist.<\/p>\n

A YouTube page shows his biking adventures through the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

Galymzhan Abaildayev, 44, is seen in a video posted to YouTube on July 27, 2026. YouTube\/Son of teachers SOT<\/p>\n

Abaildayev in another clip from YouTube. YouTube\/Son of teachers SOT<\/p>\n

\u201cBatman will speech your text in Turkish, Kazakh, English or Russian on a social media or privately,\u201d a description on his page bizarrely notes. \u201cDeclarations of love, wishes, of any nature, the text will be read out and published on my page if desired.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karadag said his roommate recently told him he led a boring, penniless life \u2014 and ignored his pleas not to leap off the bridge.<\/p>\n

Abadildayev on the cover of The Post on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe never wanted to live. It was obvious he was going to jump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abadildayev, who is still hospitalized after surviving the 278-foot drop into the East River, also lives with a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Karadag described him as a \u201cvery respectful\u201d pal troubled about the country\u2019s prime minister, Oljas Bektenov.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that makes him crazy is the politics in Kazakhstan,\u201d Karadag added.<\/p>\n

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The naked nutjob who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge is an activist against Kazakhstan\u2019s government \u2014 and bragged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,11198,100,99,8108,68,57,9,24,63,103,58],"class_list":["post-312881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-bridge","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-east-river","tag-exclusive","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}