Musician receives largest tip ever thanks to the generosity of strangers
By Janice Yu
Atlanta airport pianist gets $60K+ tip
A chance encounter changed the life of an Atlanta pianist who plays at the Atlanta airport. An author from Nashville used his influence on social media to get the man the largest tip he has ever gotten. It s at $60,000 and growing.
ATLANTA - A chance encounter has changed the life of a musician who works at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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captured the moment he told Carter that a bunch of people he had never met quickly came together to raise thousands of dollars just for him. I just lost it. I thought he was kidding, I just couldn t believe it. That just doesn t happen, Carter told CNN. I didn t know how to feel. This is the kind of the thing I do. I love giving and donating and helping people, but I never expected someone to do it for me.
Before Whittaker boarded his plane, he told his followers they could continue to tip Carter on Venmo and CashApp. By the time I landed in Nashville, it was $20,000. And by the time I interviewed him for my podcast that night, it was $44,000. And as of this conversation, it s at $61,000, Whittaker said on Friday evening.