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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 Friday night.

The Chargers said in a statement that around 7:30 p.m. local time, the Dallas Fire Department helped everyone safely exit the elevator through a ceiling panel and into an adjacent elevator.

Dallas firefighters said Zachary Yanes According to WFAA's Dallas-Fort Worth news agency, a total of 15 people associated with the Chargers – players and members of the team's traveling party – were trapped when the elevator got stuck in a “blind elevator shaft” between floors of the hotel.

The fire and rescue team was unable to get the elevator working again, so the urban search and rescue team was called.

ESPN's Kris Rhim reported that Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh invited Dallas Fire personnel to dinner in the team dining room after everyone was rescued.

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