Tom Hanks Sends Special Gift To Boy Being Bullied For Having the Name Corona
You’ve got a friend in Tom Hanks! According to a recent piece in E! Online, Hanks sent a very special gift to an Australian fan who reach out to him after Hanks and wife Rita Wilson were diagnosed with COVID-19 and placed in quarantine in Australia.
Corona De Vries, age 8, sent Hanks and Wilson a hand-written letter that said, “I heard on the news you and your wife had caught the Coronavirus,” Corona wrote according to Good Morning America, Are you ok? I love my name but at school, people call me the Coronavirus. I get very sad and angry when people call me this.”
Tom saw the letter and replied along with a very special gift for De Vries, “Your letter made my wife and I feel so wonderful,” Tom wrote. “Thank you for being such a good friend. Friends make their friends feel good when they are down. I saw you on TV, even though I was back in the USA already—and all healthy. Even though I was no longer sick, getting your letter made me feel even better.”
To thank DeVries for his kind words, Hanks gifted the boy a vintage typewriter called Corona as a special token of his appreciation and to show Corona how truly special his name really is!
According to E! Online, Tom wrote in the letter accompanying this gift, “Ask a grown-up how it works. And use it to write me back…You’ve got a friend in me.”
Check out the story as it appeared on Good Morning America here:
Professional Good Guy Tom Hanks befriends kid being bullied because his name is Corona and surprises him with thoughtful gift. pic.twitter.com/Cu9pwUCx2w
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 24, 2020
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Source: E! Online