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

The teenager was stuck for seven hours before being rescued (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

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

The 15-year-old boy told rescue teams that he had climbed up the crane around midnight because he wanted to “see the view”, according to Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service.