Tom Hanks says we’ve been dealt a ‘great reboot’ because of coronavirus in moving graduation message
‘The word ‘before’ is going to carry great weight with you,' actor told graduates
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Your support makes all the difference.Tom Hanks delivered a moving graduation speech to US students in which he described post-coronavirus life as “the great reboot”.
The actor, who was one of the first celebrities to test positive for the illness, sent the video message to those who were graduating from Wright State University in Ohio, whom he called "the chosen ones".
“You are the chosen ones because of a fate unimagined when you began your Wright State adventures,” he said.
“You started in the olden times, in a world back before the Great Pandemic of 2020. You will talk of those earlier years in your lives in just that way.”
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