The Los Angeles Chargers did not have a traditional night time at their crew lodge in Dallas on Friday. Staying on the Westin downtown, round a dozen gamers have been caught in an elevator with no air con for 2 hours.
Dallas Hearth-Rescue despatched its City Search and Rescue crew to the lodge, and their work led to the touring occasion having the ability to crawl by way of a ceiling panel and escape.
Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned that quarterback Justin Herbert was on the elevator and that gamers akin to rookie cornerback Tarheeb Nonetheless got here as much as him and mentioned “Justin Herbert’s a pacesetter.”
“He was a rock,” Harbaugh mentioned, per USA Today. “Saved all people calm.”
Harbaugh was additionally impressed with Herbert staying cool and picked up in an elevator with no air con on a day in Dallas that had temperatures within the low 90’s.
“It was scorching,” Harbaugh said. “As every individual got here off the elevator, sweating and a few had the shirt off. Justin Herbert, his hair was slightly moist. However his shirt was fully dry. That was one other factor that blew me away. The man is only a beast.”
Harbaugh referred to as the elevator incident “a shared expertise” that introduced the crew nearer collectively.
“All people stored their poise. Get in these conditions, and it is a take a look at of wills,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I used to be happy with every of the blokes and the 2 ladies that have been on that elevator. That is a win. You be ok with your self. You bought it. You have been challenged. And it was a take a look at of will.”
After the elevator scenario was resolved Harbaugh invited the first-responders to the Chargers crew meal room on the lodge.
“The Dallas Hearth Division, take a deep, lengthy bow,” Harbaugh mentioned, per Pro Football Talk. “With out the Dallas Hearth Division, might have been loads worse. May have been much more hours. Who is aware of how it might have ended.”
The Chargers would go on to beat the Cowboys 26-19 on Saturday, ending the preseason 1-2.