Less than a day after purchasing over $200 worth of groceries for a mother and her 5-month-old son, Matt Jackson was killed in a car crash. Now, the woman is hoping to honor the kind-hearted 28-year-old and his good deed. Jamie-Lynne Knighten was attempting to purchase groceries from a Trader Joes on Nov. 10 when her credit card was declined due to an anti-fraud block, according to KNSD. That's when 28-year-old Matt Jackson stepped in and offered to pay the mother's groceries on one condition: that she promise to do it for somebody else.
Although their encounter was brief, Jackson's kind gesture stuck with Knighten. The mom felt compelled to call the LA Fitness where Jackson said he had worked, to let the staff know what stellar employee they had on their hands. But when Knighten was put in touch with Jackson's manager, she learned the tragic news -- that Jackson had been killed in a car crash just less than 24 hours after he had purchased her groceries. Knighten described Jackson's good deed and what it meant to her in a touching Facebook post.