Overview
- A 15-year-old was discovered at dawn on the crane’s counterweight above a 44-storey building, after a passerby alerted emergency services.
- Jerusalem’s special rescue unit reached him using advanced rope systems and lowered him safely in a roughly 2.5-hour operation.
- Authorities reported he was in good condition after evaluation by Magen David Adom and police at the scene.
- Reports differ on how long he was stranded, with estimates ranging from about seven to nine hours; MDA logged the alert at 07:08.
- Police opened an inquiry into how he accessed the site, which is the same tower where a teen died in a fall about a month earlier.