Oh man, this was scary.
But Jesse Wade — a junior guard for the BYU Cougars — is just fine.
Wade got stuck in an elevator somewhere in Indianapolis ahead of BYU’s first-round game in the 2021 men’s NCAA tournament against UCLA on Saturday. But as video from his Twitter account showed, he was freed with the help of his teammates, who celebrated exactly as they should have.
And what’s even better is the Cougars had some fun with the way they lined up for their COVID-19 tests and Wade made reference to the elevator incident, to his teammates’ delight.
Here are the videos:
Scariest moment of my life but I knew the boys had my back 😂 @BYUbasketball pic.twitter.com/SWl21RFHCr
— Jesse Wade (@jessewade10) March 19, 2021
Name a team more excited to take a COVID test, we’ll wait … pic.twitter.com/FKtuoTm6wt
— BYU Basketball (@BYUbasketball) March 19, 2021
Had to capture the moment when we finally freed @jessewade10 from the elevator!! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/vv4x9XtY7E
— BYU Basketball (@BYUbasketball) March 18, 2021
I’M OUT 😂 40 minutes feels like a lifetime when you’re trapped inside an elevator. All I can say is that if you think I had it bad in there…you should see the elevator door after the boys got me out… 😂 @BYUbasketball https://t.co/f5BhMT60QS
— Jesse Wade (@jessewade10) March 17, 2021
Yikes. Glad he’s OK!
