--- 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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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 [ MUSIC ] We are engaged in a war. This war is not, for the moment, involve men at arms, it involves information. Something important has come up. We've got a Soviet spy. We want you to defend him. I'm an insurance Slugger. I haven't done criminal work in years. But you represented many accused spies. This will be a first for the both of us. You should be careful. [ MUSIC ] People are scared of this man. He's a threat to all of us. Do you know how people will look at us? The family of a man [ MUSIC ] Trying to free a traitor? Everyone deserves a defense. Every person matters. From this moment forward, you will not refer to the U2 as a reconnaissance aircraft. You're gonna be taking pictures over Soviet territory. [ NOISE ] [ MUSIC ] Tell me what happened. They got a spy pilot, overheard classified information. They got their guy, they want you to negotiate the swap. So it's not [ UNKNOWN ]. [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ] full thermonuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. I'm talking to you about the security of your country. Where do they want this negotiation to take place? East Berlin. Just tell me that you're not gonna be in any danger, give me something to hold on to. I'm doing this for us. Only a few routes left to the east. Rule of law is less firmly established over there. Just avoid interaction with people generally. You don't belong. 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