Her toy story had a happy ending.
A pilot flew an American Girl doll 5,880 miles from Tokyo to Texas — to reunite it with a 9-year-old who lost it.
American Airlines’ James Danen first learned about Valentina Dominguez’s lost doll through her parents’ Facebook post, according to WFAA-TV.
Rudy and Celeste Dominguez had last seen the doll on their plane in Tokyo, where the family had a stopover while traveling back to their home in Plano, Texas, after a trip to Bali, Indonesia.
Danen, who is based out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, contacted Turkish Airlines’ lost-and-found at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and located the missing toy.
He then traveled with the doll, named Beatrice, and even took photos of her throughout their journey, which he sent to Valentina.
“It’s my nature. I like helping people… that’s just what I like doing,” Danen told the outlet.
“I was really glad I could do something nice for somebody.”
On Aug. 21, three weeks after the toy vanished, the pilot — who happens to live just miles from the Dominguez family — drove the doll to their house and handed her to Valentina.
“Was she well behaved on the flight?” the young girl asked. “Very well behaved, yes,” he answered.
He also gifted her some Japanese treats and a map that tracked all the places where Beatrice had been.
“[Beatrice] means a lot to me. She brings me happiness and she’s my best friend,” Valentina told “Good Morning America.” “When she was missing, when we got settled into our hotel, I felt very bad. I felt like my heart was broken.”
Her father Rudy was grateful for Danen’s epic esture.
“I think it’s another sign of there’s a lot of kindness in this world,” he told “GMA.” “I’m really happy that Jim was able to help us and thankful for him.”
