Emergency services have managed to rescue a teenage boy from a crane in Jerusalem, after he was found on a small platform hanging from the crane’s hook.
Rescuers climbed the crane and lowered a crew member on a pulley so that he could reach the boy and fit him with a helmet and harness so he could be hoisted up to the main part of the structure.
The teen was lowered to the ground and transferred to medical services for on-site treatment, the Fire and Rescue Service says, adding that the teenager was believed to be in good condition.
Currently, officials do not suspect the incident was a suicide attempt.
The teen was atop the crane’s platform for an estimated seven hours, having ascended the structure at around midnight, Ynet reports.
It is unclear how the boy reached the platform.
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