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The Chargers wrapped their 2024 preseason Saturday with a . In addition to capping off Los Angeles' exhibition schedule, the win marked the end of an eventful weekend in Dallas for the team.On Friday night, 15 members of the Chargers' traveling party were stuck in an elevator at the Westin Hotel in downtown Dallas. While news of the incident surfaced relatively quickly, head coach Jim Harbaugh  who Kobe Bryant Jersey  was not on the elevator  waited until after the preseason win to share more details.Here is what Harbaugh had to say about the situation and how it impacted his team during their stay in Andrew Suarez Jersey  Dallas.MORE:Chargers elevator incident, explainedDallas Fire-Rescue responded to an elevator emergency Friday at the Westin Hotel. An elevator was stuck somewhere between the third and 15th floors of the hotel and required DFR's Urban Search and Rescue Team, .The elevator held "11 or 12" Chargers players, as well as several other people connected to the team, according to Harbaugh. Thetrapped individuals were removed one by one through the elevator's ceiling panel, as revealed in the team's official statement. Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) When speaking with  Will Smith Jersey the media Saturday, Harbaugh shared how he believes the incident brought the team closer together.We dodged a bullet. I mean, I usually think of dodging a bullet of, you know, dodging an injury in football, after the Chargers win.But, I mean, it was a shared experience  11 or 12 of our players were there for about two hours, and that's a shared experience. I mean, brought them closer together. I just mi sed it, you know, being on that elevator, and it's like, I wish I could have been there with those guys.Among the players on the elevator was franchise QB Justin Herbert, who Harbaugh praised for displaying leadership in a stre sful situation."Justin Herbert's a leader. He was a rock. Kept everybody calm," Harbaugh said, quoting other players on  Tyler Rogers Jersey the elevator. "And everybody kept their poise."MORE: Both Harbaugh and the Chargers organization also heaped praise on DFR for their work in bringing each involved person to safety after a stre sful ordeal."You get in those situations, and it's a test of wills Juan Marichal Jersey ," Harbaugh said. "I was proud of each of the guys and the two women that were on that elevator. That's a win. You feel good about yourself. You were challenged. It was a test of will, and you pull it down, or pull it in."After a stre sful stay in Dallas, the Chargers return to Los Angeles, where they will remain to host a divisional showdown with the Raiders in Week 1.