Weight limits are listed in elevators for a reason, and a group of USC offensive linemen found out the hard way.
As David Lombardi of ESPN.com reports, eight Trojans’ offensive linemen were on their way to dinner with their line coach when all of them decided to cram into a single elevator. The elevators capacity was 2,500 pounds, and the linemen greatly exceeded that number by “about 700 pounds.” Predictably, the elevator got stuck.
“We were on the fifth floor and it got stuck in between the fourth and fifth floors,” Jordan Austin told ESPN, one of the linemen aboard, said. “We didn’t make it very far.”
Fortunately for us, 6’9”, 360-pound tackle Zach Banner recorded the whole ordeal on video.
“We’re screwed, help us,” Banner pled as he and his teammates were packed like sardines in a tin can.
We Are Stuck on the elevator…. pic.twitter.com/mfykPPtxUJ
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) April 23, 2016
“It’s the fire department,” Banner whispers as the group of large men are given water through the open elevator door.
Fireman are but aren't helping much pic.twitter.com/eyD7JwHzBH
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) April 23, 2016
With temperatures inside the elevator on the rise, delusion started to set in.
Please someone help😂😂😂! pic.twitter.com/p3bNBfdWLU
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) April 23, 2016
There’s never been a better time to burst into rap, as the group of lineman crafted “the elevator rap” to summarize their situation. It’s actually sort of catchy.
https://twitter.com/zachbanner73/status/723691506456911872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“A couple more hours.”
“Are you serious?”
“No.”
[appreciative laughter]
https://twitter.com/zachbanner73/status/723692372287066113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thankfully for Banner and his teammates, they eventually made it out.
We made it out
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) April 23, 2016
The whole ordeal is really a teachable moment. The Trojans o-line could have easily avoided getting stuck if they all were a little more patient and waited to take two separate elevators. At least they got to spend quality time together as a team, even if it was in extremely close quarters. Team love in an elevator?
[ESPN]
