February 3, 2004 -- A man despondent over losing a bet on the Super Bowl jumped from the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Sunday night - and survived the 10-story leap after landing on grassy ground padded with snow, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Adrian Matthew Conde, 25, fell 115 feet from the Bronx ramp of the bridge, landing on the ground about 60 feet short of the East River.

Had he hit the ground 10 feet away in either direction, he could have been battered on boulders at the edge of the shore, officials said.

He was in "critical but stable condition" yesterday at Jacobi Hospital, a spokeswoman said.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday night, MTA Bridges and Tunnels personnel spotted a car parked in a right lane of the bridge and began searching below for a possible jumper.

Cops then found Conde in Ferry Point Park beneath the bridge lying in six inches to one foot of icy snow.

"He was laying on his back, moaning," said Emergency Medical Technician Jennifer Ferraro, who responded to the scene with partner Justin Lim.



Conde, wearing a jacket and jeans, said "no comprehensible words" but "was moving around" and appeared to have head injuries.



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