How to pronounce “crane”(verb) in English

When he was 13-years old, he was kind of a shy kid, very mechanically inclined, built models, loved to tinker, would be in the backyard and would build acrane out of twigs, you know. And he was just a very inventive kid and he, the Pathé brothers, another technological breakthrough.I see where my mind is today because I'm here in the throbbing heart of Google.