Officer Jesse Turano, along with Officer Breand Mulderrig, made the most recent save Tuesday night.
Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo said the rescue happened at around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after a motorist reported seeing a man leave his car on the lower level of the bridge's westbound side.
Turano and Mulderrig responded and saw the 37-year-old man standing on the outside of the bridge's railing with the river 200 feet below.
"When I grabbed him, he started shaking," he said. "He said 'I want to die, I want to die. I want to jump.'"
Turano reached over and grabbed the man, struggling with him to pull him back to safety as Mulderrig held onto his partner. They succeeded after a few tense moments, and the man was taken to a hospital for an evaluation.
"As I was taking him off, I grabbed him by his belt," he said. "Him and I fell to the ground. A little struggle ensued. I placed handcuffs for his safety and my safety, then we called the EMS to come for an evaluation."
Turano, a nine-year veteran and former Marine, started working at the bridge in 2010. He credits his weightlifting strength for his ability to pull people out of danger, because he doesn't spend a lot of time trying to talk people off the bridge. In most cases, he is physically restraining them.
His philosophy is, he doesn't want to give jumpers too much time to think about it, and that's one of the reasons his success stories are a Port Authority record.
"I had one person come back and thank me," he said. "Came back with his wife and two children...He was crying, happy, hugging me."