A NEW YORK COLLEGE STUDENT
IS THE TALK OF TWITTER, THANKS
TO TOM HANKS.
HE TWEETED HER FORDHAM ID
CAR AFTER HE FOUND IT, AND
SINCE THEN, EVERYONE HAS BEEN
LOOKING TO LAUREN.
TONIGHT ALICE GAINER FOUND HER.
Reporter: OH MY GOD, ARE YOU
THE LAUREN?
I WAS LIKE THAT'S ME.
I'M "THE LAUREN."
Reporter: SHE'S LAUREN,
LAUREN WHITMORE TO BE EXACT.
KNOWN ON TWITTER ONLY AS LAUREN
THANKS TO HER COLLEGE ID CARD
TWEETED OUT BY TOM HANKS TO HIS
10 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
LAUREN, I FOUND YOUR STUDENT ID
IN THE PARK.
IF YOU STILL NEED IT, MY OFFICE
WILL GET IT TO YOU, HANKS.
ONE OF MY PROFESSORS E-
MAILED ME AND SAID YOU'RE
FAMOUS.
Reporter: SHE WAS RUNNING IN
CENTRAL PARK YESTERDAY WHEN SHE
MUST HAVE DROPPED IT.
I WAS IRONIC AND I WAS LIKE
I WAS OUT FOR A RUN, FOREST, I
DON'T KNOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Reporter: THAT'S A REFERENCE
FOR A FOR HIS FILM FOREST GUMP.
THAT WAS MY DANCE SHOT WHEN
I WAS 15.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME AT ALL.
Reporter: SHE'S NOW 21, AND
SHE'S OKAY WITH IT.
I HATE MINE.
I HATE MY ID PICTURE TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU, BUT IF TOM
HANKS FOUND IT, I CAN'T
COMPLAIN.
I HAVE NOT TALK TO TOM HANKS
PERSONALLY.
IF HE HAS MY ID, I WOULD LIKE
TO MEET HIM TO GET IT BACK.
Reporter: THIS IS IS A FULL
CIRCLE MOMENT FOR TOM HANKS IN
MARCH HE LOST HIS CREDIT CARD
AND THEN SAID A GUY NAMED TONY
FOUND MY CREDIT CART ON THE
STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AND
RETURNED IT.
YOU MAY THE STREET EVEN
GREATER, THANKS, HANKS.
Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRY
TO FIND THE PERSON.
Reporter: ONE GOOD DEED
DESERVES ANOTHER.
