Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
There Hanks was, returning from Mexico, when suddenly two little kids started a full-on child brawl mid-flight.
Their parents were helpless to stop them.
As Hanks explainedin an Instagram postMonday, Out of no where, a man comes from first class.
Hat, beard, sunglasses, blowing up a balloon, the actor recalled.
He ties it off, hands it off like hes holding out a sword to a king.
Kneeling, Head down, arms up.
Kids calm down in milliseconds.
Plane damn near bursts into applause.
15 minutes longer and it probably would have started WWIII, but we landed before that could happen.
If that wasnt charming enough, turns out, Perry was also a vocal fan of Hankss work.
Finally get a good look at the guy and I say to my wife, Holy shit.
I think that balloon man/hero is Luke Perry, he continued.
As luck would have it we end up standing next to each other.
Dont know if thats true, but have no reason to believe it wasnt.
Guy seemed like a true gent.
Gone way too damn soon.
Also, Im gotta [sic] start traveling with some spare balloons.
Go ahead and read the full saga below.
A post shared by Colin Hanks (@colinhanks)
