Colin Hanks’ Luke Perry story involves a plane, a balloon, and a heartwarming display of kindness

Yesterday, after the sudden passing of Luke Perry, many took to social media to share their remembrances and stories about the ‘90s icon. Though he admittedly “only met him once,” Colin Hanks had a particularly touching tale to share that highlighted not only how effortlessly cool Perry was, but how kind as well. The full story can be found on Hanks’ Instagram and weirdly involves a plane from Mexico, a pair of fighting children, and a balloon.

Hanks’ tale begins by describing the flight from hell, during which two young brothers were noisily fighting to the dismay of everyone else on board. Right at the point when the exhausted passengers were about to lose their minds, however, a mysterious man in a hat and sunglasses emerged from first class with a balloon in hand. “He ties it off, hands it off like he’s holding out a sword to a king. Kneeling, head down, arms up. Kids calm down in milliseconds,” Hanks writes. “Plane damn near bursts into applause.”