Jerusalem fire teams rescue 15-year-old stuck on crane over high-rise building

Fire teams rescued a teenager who was stuck dangling from a crane hanging 36 storeys above Jerusalem for seven hours.

Videos showed the boy trapped on a tiny platform connecting metal cables and the crane’s hook, hanging precariously over a high-rise building.

Eyal Cohen, a fire official, said it was one in a number of cases in which young people in the city have been caught scaling tall buildings.

“This is a serious incident that ended in a miracle,” Mr Cohen said.