In 1985, two boys from a Dublin suburb stowed away on a flight to New York. All they had for money were the coins they had stolen from some public fountains. A new documentary recalls their escapade.
Garret Daly, the film’s director, meticulously combed through extensive amounts of footage with his team, sourcing photos and videos from Irish television, newspapers, and even YouTube video hobbyists.
Their parents didn’t know their whereabouts, but, when the boys’ adventure was discovered, it made international headlines. After the filmmaker Garret Daly saw the story on the Internet some years back, he wanted to know what had become of the boys and their friendship, and how they thought of their youthful caper now.
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