--- title: Tom Hanks Tries To Return Fordham University Student ID description: Tom Hanks took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to post a picture of a Fordham University student's lost ID. canonical: https://time.com/4063193/tom-hanks-lost-student-id/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-06T18:24:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:02.545Z og:title: Tom Hanks Tries to Return a College Student's Lost ID og:description: His office will get it to you og:url: https://time.com/4063193/tom-hanks-lost-student-id/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks Tries to Return a College Student's Lost ID twitter:description: His office will get it to you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tom Hanks Tries to Return a College Student's Lost ID > Sponsored content. 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Well, that is if you replace the glass slipper with a student ID and Prince Charming with Tom Hanks. Hanks took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tomhanks?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) on Tuesday afternoon to post a picture of Lauren’s lost ID with the caption, “Lauren! I found your Student ID in the park. If you still need it my office will get to you. Hanx.” > [](https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/651427268712112128) The _Bridge of Spies_ star is no stranger to good deeds being performed through social media. In March, Hanks tweeted that a stranger had returned his missing credit card. > [](https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/576402620501372928) While Lauren has yet to follow up with “Hanx,” Twitter user [@Unchained\_Mason](https://twitter.com/Unchained%5FMason) replied to say that Lauren is one of his students and he would be happy to help return the ID to her. > [](https://twitter.com/Unchained%5FMason/status/651435011888021504) Others have tweeted less helpful, but very amusing responses. > [](https://twitter.com/DamianSamuels/status/651430056833773568) ## Transcript [00:12] [ MUSIC ] We [00:17] are engaged in a war. This war is not, for the moment, [00:21] involve men at arms, it involves information. Something [00:26] important [00:28] has come up. We've got a Soviet spy. We want [00:32] you to defend him. I'm an insurance Slugger. I haven't [00:34] done criminal work in years. But you represented many [00:38] accused spies. This will be a first for the both of us. You [00:41] should be careful. [ MUSIC ] [00:46] People are scared of this man. He's a threat to all of us. Do [00:50] you know how people will look at us? The family of a man [00:52] [ MUSIC ] Trying to free a traitor? Everyone deserves a [00:55] defense. Every person matters. From [01:00] this moment forward, you will not refer to the U2 as a [01:03] reconnaissance aircraft. You're gonna be taking pictures [01:07] over Soviet territory. [ NOISE ] [01:13] [ MUSIC ] [01:17] Tell me what happened. They got a spy pilot, overheard [01:19] classified information. They got their guy, they want you to [01:23] negotiate the swap. So it's not [ UNKNOWN ]. [ MUSIC ] [01:25] [ UNKNOWN ] full thermonuclear exchange with the Soviet [01:29] Union. I'm talking to you about the security of your country. [01:34] Where do they want this negotiation to take place? East [01:37] Berlin. Just tell me that you're not gonna be in any danger, [01:40] give me something to hold on to. I'm doing this for us. Only [01:48] a few routes left to the east. Rule of law is less firmly [01:51] established over there. Just avoid interaction with people [01:54] generally. You don't belong. You need to have the [01:58] conversations our government can't. You're an American, [02:01] you could well be detained. Definitely stay away from the [02:04] wall, cross it and you'll be shot. There are a [02:09] lot of people who don't want this to change. To [02:13] [ UNKNOWN ]. We're not leaving them here. Drake, [02:18] it's starting to fall apart. There's a cost to these things. A [02:22] cost to both your country and your family. No! We need this [02:24] to be an exchange. No! 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