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Jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call came over that there was a jumper up on the top of 30 rockefeller plaza. >> the detectives race to ...

A dangerous situation in midtown manhattan. strong winds caused a crane to collapse. look at this, on the 70th floor of a luxury high-rise under construction. you can see that massive crane arm just dangling and nothing to hold it down. buildings around the crane were immediately evacuated as emergency workers kept watch overnight. let's go to cnbc's robert frank who was on the scene. what's the status right now? >> thanks, chris. i just spoke with the fire department chief on scene and it remains a very dangerous situation here. basically, until the weather improves they can't even send inspe...

What new yorkers watch fox 5 here in new york. on the right side circle crane. aftermath on the right. i have spoken with crane experts who tell us it is going to be very difficult to get that thing down. our julie banderas joins us live. can you see the crane from the balcony where you are. >> this is where i live. it's impossible to get this thing down. i have been watching this thing from last year and a half. during hurricane eye crean. the winds are 100 miles per hour. this is video i took from my balcony. the crane is weighing from the roof. up on the 70th floor of the boom of the crane ...

70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call came over...

23-year-old man dangles his legs precariously from the 70th floor observation deck of 30 rock. >> the first thing i see when i get up there is him furiously scribbling at the notepad. i tried to communicate with him as much as possible. >> several onlookers and the local nbc affiliate's sky cam records the action as it unfolds. >> he was on the northeast corner standing on approximately a 2 foot by 2 foot wide piece of the building. >> there was a seven-foot glass partition between us and him. what i initially did was climbed up on top of a piece of the building where i could talk down over th...