For the third consecutive year, the Alaska turkey bomb delivered the bird for people to feast on the occasion of Thanksgiving Day. As Alaska is mostly wilderness and people find it difficult to travel due to only about 20% of road access in winter, Esther Keim has taken the initiative to bring the goodness of the holiday to the remote areas by dropping frozen turkeys.
Keim has been flying her small plane slowly and low to drop frozen turkeys in the rural parts of south-central Alaska. Besides being a pilot, she is also a realtor and a well-known personality for her kind work.
As she understands the issues that the residents face during the winter season, it is understandable that she grew up in the region. According to the Associated Press, Keim grew up on an Alaska homestead where her family received frozen turkey from a friend who would airdrop them on holidays.
About 25 years ago her family moved to an urban place. A few years ago she rebuilt a small plane with her father and began the Alaska turkey bomb. She started the initiative after learning about a family who did not have access to a good meal on Thanksgiving.
"They were telling me that a squirrel for dinner did not split very far between three people," Keim said.
"At that moment, I thought ... 'I'm going to airdrop them a turkey.'"
Seeing her kind efforts, many came forward to support her initiative. This helped her deliver 32 frozen birds to people living in cabins with no access to roads. She makes the deliveries by flying about 100 miles from her base in Anchorage.
Throughout the years, she has taken help from a turkey dropper to drop the frozen bird while she flies the plane. Other times, she dropped them off as her friend sat in the pilot seat.
How has the Alaska turkey bomb helped people?
Several families have been celebrating the holidays with the help of the 12-pound turkeys that Esther Keim dropped under the Alaska turkey bomb. Dave and Christina Luce, who stay about 45 miles away from Anchorage, revealed they have known Keim since her childhood.
They also mentioned how being 80 years old does not allow them to visit the grocery store more often. Therefore, the turkey bomb helps them and a few neighbors enjoy the holiday due to the heavy bird.
"It makes a great Thanksgiving," they said.
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"She's been a real sweetheart, and she's been a real good friend."
Netizens are also praising Keim for her kind contribution to the community via the Alaska turkey bomb. While some are calling her an "angel," others are saluting her dedication to bringing smiles to people's faces.
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