The feel-good story Peter Stefanovic missed about champion fisherman: Young mum ... trends now
Amid the furore over Sky News presenter Peter Stefanovic's controversial on-air question to Million Dollar Fish competition winner Keegan Payne, a woman has come forward to share a heartwarming act he and his friends performed for her family when they were stranded after a car accident.
Sarrita King, an artist from Darwin, recounted to her followers on Sunday what happened when she and her family had crashed into a couple of buffaloes on the way home from Katherine in the Northern Territory at the end of last year.
Ms King said they were 'totally stranded' at the side of the road after her mother's car was totalled in the incident before Mr Payne and his friends provided invaluable assistance.
Mr Payne, 19, made national headlines when he caught a barramundi worth $1million in Katherine, 317km south of Darwin at the end of April.
But his momentous win was overshadowed when Sky News host Stefanovic interviewed the teen on Wednesday, May 1 and abruptly questioned him about a past alleged theft.
Sarrita King, an artist from Darwin, (pictured) shared her feel-good story about the Million Dollar Fish winner and his friends, who she later described as 'heroes'
Keegan Payne (pictured, left) helped tow Ms King's (pictured, right) vehicle after she and her mother collided with a couple of buffaloes. The car was wrecked, leaving the family stranded until the mates came along and helped
Viewers called for the journalist to resign after the harsh questioning was widely viewed as racial targeting, and Mr Stefanovic has since apologised.
The Darwin mum never referenced the interview in her video, but did say she had 'the best story of the week' and posted it with the hashtag 'goodnewsstories' 'keeganpayne' and 'legend'.
