Ongoing History Daily: Eddie Vedder repays a favour
About a decade ago, Eddie Vedder was out boating with some friends in the Pailolo Channel off the coast of Maui when their craft overturned, leaving Eddie and two women stranded. They were rescued by Ashley Baxter and her father, Keith. Eddie was forever grateful.
Fast-forward to Christmas 2016. Keith had a terrible boating accident, which involved nearly slicing his leg off at the calf, followed by a bad infection. Medical bills started to pile up, and a GoFundMe page was started. But that’s when Ashley accidentally ran into one of the women she and her father helped rescue off Eddie’s boat. She told her the story, and this woman relayed the information to Pearl Jam.
When they heard about Keith’s predicament, they matched the $70,000 that had been raised. You never, ever waste good karma.
