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Video shows police officers saving man from radio tower hundreds of feet in the air

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Neighbors called Eagan police around 5:51 a.m. on Oct. 10 for a welfare check.

When officers arrived, they found a 51-year-old man at the top of the 250-foot radio tower.

Eagan Fire and Dakota County Special Operations Team were called for help.

A six-minute body cam video of the rescue shows an officer climbing the tower to reach the man.

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informal

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English

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37

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