Eddie Vedder clearly believes that one good turn deserves another.
More than a decade ago, Vedder was boating in Hawaii with two female friends (‘cos why not?) when their vessel overturned, leaving them stranded in a dangerous channel. Luckily Keith Baxter and his daughter Ashley spotted the three, and rescued them.
More recently, Keith Baxter had a boating accident, with his leg almost completely sliced off. After surgery, Baxter developed a severe infection and has racked up a mess of hospital bills.
In a random Christmas miracle, Ashley (Keith’s daughter) recently ran into one of one of the women she rescued all those years ago, and mentioned what had happened to her father.
The woman then launched a GoFundMe page to help with Keith’s mounting medical bills, and roped in ol’ Eddie, who matched the $70,000 raised by the page.
It’s a nice story to help round what has been a terrible year in music-related news – and can you believe we made it this far into the story without making a “can’t find a better man” joke?
