AT&T Stadium had no shortage of headlines on Sunday, and one of the strangest came from outside the seating bowl.
A video reshared by Dallas Texas TV showed a man apparently trapped on one of the stadium’s escalators during the Cowboys-Commanders matchup. In the clip, he appears unable to pull himself free after his legs get caught between the rail and a wall. Exactly how he ended up in that spot is still unclear, and no official explanation from stadium staff has surfaced.
The footage quickly drew a wave of reactions online, with fans tossing out theories and jokes about the mishap.
“Correction… Dumb*** gets stuck on an escalator,” one fan wrote.
“How does one get in this position lol,” another asked.
“Clown was likely trying to ride down on the hand rail,” a third fan suggested.
“I’ve many questions 😅,” a fourth fan added.
The escalator moment was only one part of a packed day in Arlington. Dallas handled Washington 37-20, and Dak Prescott passed Tony Romo for the franchise touchdown record. One of those scores came on a connection with CeeDee Lamb, his second touchdown of the game.
The matchup also included a worrying injury when Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels went down with an elbow injury late in the first half. Prescott and Lamb were seen reacting to the replay on the jumbotron as they headed toward the tunnel.
Between the injury, the record, and the escalator clip, Sunday had plenty going on. But the fan stuck on the escalator is the one most likely to keep making the rounds.
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