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After a helicopter plunged into Hillsborough Bay off Davis Islands, the occupants were able to escape the aircraft – but it was the jet ski riders that lifted them out of the water. One of them was the Buccaneers' backup quarterback, Blaine Gabbert.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Blaine Gabbert and his two brothers help a family and their pilot in helicopter rescue
Former Missouri Tigers quarterback Blaine Gabbert spent his holidays playing hero to a family in distress
A Tampa Bay police officer said Gabbert and his brothers "had actually just about completed the rescue" when he arrived.
After a helicopter plunged into Hillsborough Bay off Davis Islands, the occupants were able to escape the aircraft – but it was the jet ski riders that lifted them out of the water. One of them was the Buccaneers' backup quarterback, Blaine Gabbert.