Chargers Players Rescued from Stuck Hotel Elevator Ahead of Game vs. Cowboys

Several Los Angeles Chargers players and members of their traveling party in Dallas where the team is preparing for a preseason game against the Cowboys had to be rescued from a stuck hotel elevator on Friday night.

The Chargers said in a statement that around 7:30 p.m. local time the Dallas Fire-Rescue squad assisted everyone safely out of the elevator through a ceiling panel and into an adjacent elevator.

Dallas Fire-Rescue told Zachary Yanes of WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth, a total of 15 people associated with the Chargers—players and members of the team's traveling party—became trapped when the elevator became stuck in a "blind shaft" between the floors in the hotel.

The Fire-Rescue team were unsuccessful in their attempts to get the elevator working again, so the Urban Search and Rescue squad was called in.

ESPN's Kris Rhim reported Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh invited the Dallas Fire-Rescue staff to the team's meal room for dinner after everyone was rescued.

The Chargers traveled to Dallas after Thursday's practice for their preseason finale against the Cowboys. The two teams will play at AT&T Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.