Buccaneers quarterback Blaine Gabbert was part of an open-water rescue effort Thursday off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida, thanks to some fortunate timing and a jet ski.
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.