Fisherman gets video of close encounter with whale near Verrazzanno-Narrows Bridge

NEW YORK -- A man had a close encounter with a whale in New York City. 

Ralphie Pepe was just feet from the whale when he got video of it breaching under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. 

Naturally, Pepe was caught by surprise. He was just fishing from the shoreline when the whale suddenly surfaced. 

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