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Chargers players, staff rescued from stuck elevator

It’s good to know that everyone was safe.

The Chargers had an unfortunate start upon their arrival in Dallas, TX as players and staff members got stuck in an elevator at their team hotel on Friday night.

According to the team statement, “several” members of the traveling party were stranded in an inoperable elevator.

Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the incident and assisted everyone, one by one, through the ceiling panel and into an adjacent elevator.

This incident occurred before their final preseason game against the Cowboys, which will kick off at 1 p.m. PT on Saturday.

It’s good to know that everyone was safe and that the local fire department got them out quickly and no one was harmed.

Chargers players, staff need assistance to escape stuck elevator

Members of the Chargers and their staff were stuck in a Dallas elevator

The Los Angeles Chargers already had an unpleasant experience in Dallas and they don’t play the Cowboys until Saturday.

The team had members of its staff and players in an elevator at its hotel. Said elevator became stuck the fire department was called into service.

The team took to social media, saying everyone was okay after being taken out of the elevator through the ceiling panel and escorted to another elevator.

Miami players got stuck in an elevator and somehow that fiasco helped them upset Houston

Miami players getting stuck in an elevator might’ve led to Houston being sent packing.

The Miami men’s basketball team somehow turned getting stuck into an elevator into a game-changing defensive strategy for the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament.

After his No. 5 Hurricanes dominated No. 1 Houston in the Sweet 16, 89-75, Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga detailed how an elevator breakdown might’ve helped the team even more than a film breakdown.

Larrañaga explained on Thursday, 12 Miami players got stuck in an elevator after the team’s defensive-centric meeting. After 30 minutes of being trapped, the Miami players were rescued by firefighters.

Somehow, the team got inspiration from that claustrophobic experience to play lockdown defense against one of the best teams in the country in top-seeded Houston.

“You guys got to be in the paint like you were in the elevator yesterday,” Larrañaga told his team during Friday’s shootaround to fix a stretched-out defense. “And they did that.”

Talk about making lemonade out of lemons.

It’s one thing to play a good game after such an uncomfortable fiasco. It’s another to actually have getting stuck in an elevator power you to a men’s NCAA tournament win against a No. 1 seed.