A frightening scene unfolded when a helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in the water off the coast of Tampa following an engine failure on Thursday evening. Among those that provided assistance to the four passengers was Buccaneers quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
28-year-old Hunter Hupp, his 62-year-old father, 59-year-old mother and the pilot, 33, were aboard the helicopter when Hupp said he heard a popping sound in the aircraft’s rotor, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Police Department lieutenant Daniel College said that the helicopter experienced an engine failure and Hupp said that the helicopter wouldn’t have been able to make it back Peter O.