Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.

The plot of land where the old Washington Post building stood is in the midst of becoming “Midtown Center.”

Cranes dot D.C.’s skyline, but do they pose a threat during high winds? If you see them moving back and forth like weather vanes, that’s perfectly normal.

Early this morning, firefighters and emergency crews rescued a man from the top of a crane hanging 150 feet over the 2400 block of 14th Street NW. DCist reader Jessica M. Diaz was on the scene and captured the dramatic rescue in photos, including the ropes, rigging and a basket which was used to safely bring the injured crane operator to the ground around 9 a.m.

The 2400 block of 14th Street NW was the scene of “a very slow and deliberate” rescue operation this morning, after a man was injured on the tip of a crane and was stuck hanging 150 feet in the air.