San Jose fire Capt. Reggie Williams said that 18 emergency personnel responded to extricate the man.
"We're not sure what he was doing on top of this roof," Williams said this morning.
At 3:49 a.m. rescue personnel successfully extricated the man from between two cinder block walls located near the Orchard Supply Hardware store at the intersection of Aborn Road and East Capitol Expressway, according to fire officials.