Israeli emergency crews on Monday rescued a teenage boy who had been trapped for roughly nine hours atop a crane suspended over a high-rise building in Jerusalem.

Channel 12 News reported that the 15-year-old, stranded on a small platform hanging from the crane’s hook atop a 36-story building, phoned Fire and Rescue Services himself, reportedly telling them: “I need help, I’m stuck. I wanted to see the view.”

Petty Officer Eyal Cohen, deputy commander of the Jerusalem District Fire and Rescue Station, said the boy had climbed to a height of about 328 feet (100 meters) around midnight, slipped and was “miraculously” stopped by a counterweight.

“He screamed throughout the night,” Cohen said. “The report came in the morning, and crews from the Ha’uma Station rescued him professionally.

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