{"id":1791647,"date":"2022-12-31T16:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T21:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791647"},"modified":"2022-12-31T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T21:49:49","slug":"good-samaritans-nfl-quarterback-and-brothers-praised-after-jet-ski-rescue-of-helicopter-crash-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-samaritans-nfl-quarterback-and-brothers-praised-after-jet-ski-rescue-of-helicopter-crash-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Good Samaritans\u2019NFL Quarterback and Brothers Praise Jet Ski Rescue of Helicopter Crash Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgood-samaritans-nfl-quarterback-and-brothers-praised-after-jet-ski-rescue-of-helicopter-crash-survivors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL quarterback<\/a> Blaine Gabbert, his brothers and others assisted in the rescue efforts of four people whose helicopter crashed into Hillsborough Bay. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbert, the backup quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>He and his brothers were on jet skis when they saw a helicopter collide with their boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI vaguely remember hearing a faint noise,\u201d Gabbert, 33, said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/35348114\/bucs-qb-blaine-gabbert-helps-rescue-helicopter-crash-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> ESPN. \u201cI just remember looking to the west and seeing \u2026 it almost looked like a crew boat in the water that had broken up in about four pieces. And I vaguely remember seeing like two yellow life jackets, so I\u2019m like, \u2018All right, we\u2019ve got to go check this out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After their plane crashed into the water, the brothers rode their jetskis out to search for Wesley, Lisa and Hunter Hupp. Hunter was initially trapped in the helicopter but managed to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbert <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-nfl-oddities-sports-blaine-gabbert-ec90f26a9b200b38303837d454e44861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Hunter was only just emerged when he arrived with his brothers. \u201cThe youngest kid had just came up and said he was pinned in there and I asked if anyone else was trapped and then I called 911, tried to remain as calm as possible,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>After losing power on its way to Tampa&#8217;s Peter O. Knight Airport, the helicopter crashed into the bay. \u201cJust please hold on tight. We\u2019ll get to the beach quick, get you dried off, get you a coffee, get you warmed up,\u201d Gabbert said Lisa that Wesley&#8217;s wife was Lisa and Hunter&#8217;s mother was Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>They helped the brothers get them to their boat, which Tampa Police Officer Dan Spears called &#8220;a boat.&#8221; \u201cpretty impressive feat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most dangerous circumstances on aircraft is a water landing just due to the inversion of the helicopter and trying to escape that and not get trapped in,\u201d He said. \u201cSo it was a very amazing circumstance that everybody got out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabbert, who was drafted from Missouri in 2011, has helped crash survivors to get their boats out of the water and wait for emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was expecting the worst-case scenario once I pulled up and realized it was a helicopter,\u201d He said. \u201cI tried to get them on the Jet Skis as fast as I could just to get them out of the water because it was pretty chilly yesterday on the water. You don\u2019t want to have them in there for too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department thanked you \u201cgood Samaritans\u201d Who helped to rescue the pilot and passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often say that we cannot do our jobs well without the community and that we are safer together,\u201d Lee Bercaw was named Interim Chief. \u201cYesterday was an amazing example of how teamwork, not only in the sports world but also in our hometown, is why our area is known as Champa Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bercaw made Gabbert an Honorary Member of the Tampa Bay Marine Patrol. Meanwhile, the NFL veteran thanked the officers for their prompt response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at the right place at the right time, I guess. The credit really goes out to Tampa PD \u2014 you guys, the fire department, the sheriff\u2019s department, because they were there within five seconds. It was pretty remarkable,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL quarterback Blaine Gabbert and his brothers aided in the rescue of four people whose helicopter had crashed into Hillsborough Bay in Florida. Gabbert, a backup quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his two brothers, were out on jet skis when they came upon a helicopter crash Thursday night. \u201cI vaguely remember hearing a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1791650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[12700,6444,6202,5461,10228,11991,8705,12699,12701,12698,12697,5511,6195],"class_list":["post-1791647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-brothers","tag-crash","tag-daily","tag-good","tag-helicopter","tag-jet","tag-praise","tag-quarterback","tag-rescue","tag-samaritansnfl","tag-ski","tag-survivors","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1791650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}