US EditionFire teams rescue 15-year-old stuck on crane over high-rise building in Jerusalem
The 15-year-old climbed the crane around midnight to see the view; rescue took 2½ hours after being alerted following a seven-hour ordeal, officials said.
- On Monday morning, Jerusalem fire teams rescued a 15-year-old boy from a crane atop a 36-storey building after a 7:08 a.m. report to the 101 emergency center of Magen/David/Adom.
- The teenager said he climbed the crane around midnight to see the view, and an initial examination by officials found no attempted suicide, Jerusalem District Fire & Rescue Service reported.
- Rescue teams built advanced rope systems and climbed the crane, spending about two and a half hours to secure and lower the teen after roughly seven hours had passed.
- Police forces launched an investigation and paramedics from Magen/David/Adom provided medical safeguarding and transferred the teenager for medical treatment.
- Videos showing the teen on a tiny platform connecting metal cables and the crane's hook underscored the complex rescue, while Deputy-Commissioner Eyal/Cohen said the unit applied crane-rescue training from the previous day.
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The young man was isolated in a minimal structure from dawn. Firefighters and medical teams deployed an extreme action that allowed him to save his life.
Emergency services rescued a teenage boy from a crane in Jerusalem on Monday morning, after he was found on a small platform hanging from the crane's hook hundreds of meters above the ground.
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