The six-minute body cam video of the rescue shows an officer climbing the tower to reach the 51-year-old man, securing himself to the tower so he didn't fall. According to television station KVRR, a Dakota County Special Operations Team member was also there and used high-angle rope rescue techniques to climb the tower and save the man.

In the video, you can see two lights flashing on the radio tower just moments before the helicopter crashes into it around 7:51 p.m., and then everything falls to the ground. Cepeda said he is still in shock after learning his neighbor was on board.