The Los Angeles Chargers have announced that several of their players and staff were left stranded in an ‘inoperable elevator’ at the team’s hotel in Dallas on Friday.
Ahead of their preseason game against the Cowboys on Saturday, members of the Chargers’ traveling party were trapped in the elevator at around 7:30pm CT, a team statement says.
‘Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the incident and subsequently assisted everyone from the elevator, one-by-one, through its ceiling panel and into an adjacent elevator,’ the statement continues.
‘The Los Angeles Chargers thank Dallas Fire-Rescue for their quick response, professionalism and substantial efforts in ensuring everyone’s safety.’
According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, via local television network WFAA, crews responded to reports of an elevator emergency at The Westin hotel in Downtown Dallas.
The Los Angeles Chargers have announced that several of their players and staff were left stranded in an ‘inoperable elevator’ at the team’s hotel in Dallas on Friday
An elevator technician is then said to have attempted to get the elevator working, only for the DFR to deploy its Urban Search and Rescue team to the scene when those efforts proved unsuccessful.
It is believed the elevator was stuck in a ‘blind shaft’ between the third and 15th floors of the hotel.
Jim Harbaugh’s team are set to line up against the Cowboys at 3pm CT on Saturday in their preseason finale at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium.
They then begin the NFL regular season when the Las Vegas Raiders visit SoFi Stadium on Sunday, September 8.
